2021
Depot-Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Use Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Ovarian Cancer: The Mounting Evidence of a Protective Role of ProgestinsDMPA Use Decreases Ovarian Cancer Risk
Phung M, Lee A, Wu A, Berchuck A, Cho K, Cramer D, Doherty J, Goodman M, Hanley G, Harris H, McLean K, Modugno F, Moysich K, Mukherjee B, Schildkraut J, Terry K, Titus L, Consortium O, Jordan S, Webb P, Consortium O, Pike M, Pearce C. Depot-Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Use Is Associated with Decreased Risk of Ovarian Cancer: The Mounting Evidence of a Protective Role of ProgestinsDMPA Use Decreases Ovarian Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2021, 30: 927-935. PMID: 33619020, PMCID: PMC9281627, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-1355.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer riskDepot medroxyprogesterone acetate useRisk of ovarian cancerDepot medroxyprogesterone acetateCancer riskOvarian cancerDecreased riskInverse associationRisk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancerRisk of ovarian cancer overallAssociated with decreased risk of ovarian cancerDecreased risk of ovarian cancerOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumDecreased ovarian cancer riskSystematic reviewOvarian cancer overallInvasive epithelial ovarian cancerAssociated with decreased riskCombined oral contraceptive useInjectable progestin-only contraceptivesProgestin-only contraceptive useProgestin-releasing intrauterine deviceContraceptive useAssociated with ovarian cancerProgestin-only contraceptives
2020
Estrogen Plus Progestin Hormone Therapy and Ovarian Cancer: A Complicated Relationship Explored.
Lee A, Wu A, Wiensch A, Mukherjee B, Terry K, Harris H, Carney M, Jensen A, Cramer D, Berchuck A, Doherty J, Modugno F, Goodman M, Alimujiang A, Rossing M, Cushing-Haugen K, Bandera E, Thompson P, Kjaer S, Hogdall E, Webb P, Huntsman D, Moysich K, Lurie G, Ness R, Stram D, Roman L, Pike M, Pearce C. Estrogen Plus Progestin Hormone Therapy and Ovarian Cancer: A Complicated Relationship Explored. Epidemiology 2020, 31: 402-408. PMID: 32028322, PMCID: PMC7584395, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000001175.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of ovarian cancerEstrogen-progestin combined therapyEstrogen-alone therapyAssociated with increased riskOvarian cancerCombination therapyRisk of ovarian cancer overallAssociated with increased risk of ovarian cancerOvarian cancer risk factorsPopulation-based case-control studyOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumMenopausal hormone therapy useIncreased risk of endometrial cancerOvarian cancer overallRisk of endometrial cancerCancer risk factorsHistotypes of ovarian cancerRisk factorsProgestin hormone therapyMucinous ovarian cancerOvarian cancer casesIn-person interviewsHormone therapy useOvarian cancer histotypesCase-control study
2017
Explaining Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Incidence Rates between Women of African and European Ancestry: The Role of Genetic Factors
Mullins M, Mukherjee B, Wu A, Pike M, Pharoah P, Berchuck A, Pearce C. Explaining Disparities in Ovarian Cancer Incidence Rates between Women of African and European Ancestry: The Role of Genetic Factors. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2017, 26: 433-434. DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-17-0030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenetic risk scoreOvarian cancer incidence ratesNon-Hispanic White (NHWPopulation attributable risk percentCollaborative Oncological Gene-environment StudyCancer incidence ratesNon-genetic risk factorsIncidence rateAfrican AmericansAssociated with ovarian cancer riskOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumOophorectomy ratesRisk of ovarian cancerAncestry groupsOvarian cancer riskAttributable risk percentNon-genetic riskGene-environment studiesOvarian cancerSingle nucleotide polymorphismsRisk factorsConditional logistic regressionGRS quintileRisk percentLowest quintile
2016
A splicing variant of TERT identified by GWAS interacts with menopausal estrogen therapy in risk of ovarian cancer
Lee A, Bomkamp A, Bandera E, Jensen A, Ramus S, Goodman M, Rossing M, Modugno F, Moysich K, Chang‐Claude J, Rudolph A, Gentry‐Maharaj A, Terry K, Gayther S, Cramer D, Doherty J, Schildkraut J, Kjaer S, Ness R, Menon U, Berchuck A, Mukherjee B, Roman L, Pharoah P, Chenevix‐Trench G, Olson S, Hogdall E, Wu A, Pike M, Stram D, Pearce C, Consortium F. A splicing variant of TERT identified by GWAS interacts with menopausal estrogen therapy in risk of ovarian cancer. International Journal Of Cancer 2016, 139: 2646-2654. PMID: 27420401, PMCID: PMC5500237, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30274.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overAllelesAlternative SplicingCase-Control StudiesDisease SusceptibilityEstrogen Replacement TherapyFemaleGene-Environment InteractionGenome-Wide Association StudyGenotypeHumansMenopauseMiddle AgedOdds RatioOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePopulation SurveillanceRiskTelomeraseConceptsOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumEstrogen-alone therapyOvarian cancer riskEndometrioid ovarian cancerOvarian cancerET usersET useT alleleAssociated with ovarian cancer riskCancer riskLong-term ET usersOvarian cancer susceptibility lociRisk of ovarian cancerSusceptibility variantsMenopausal estrogen therapyCancer susceptibility lociSerous ovarian cancerSplice variantsNon-usersCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionGenome-wide association studiesIncreased risk of diseaseEndometrioid histotypeEstrogen therapy