PURPOSE: Data from the Danish National Patient Register (DNPR) is widely used in research. Although overall data quality is high, studies reveal large fluctuations in code accuracy, emphasizing the importance of evaluating code validity whe…
BACKGROUND: The underlying cause of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is unknown. It has been theorized that infectious agents could contribute to ovarian tumorigenesis. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the potential role of oncogenic viral infecti…
BACKGROUND: The etiological cause of ovarian cancer is poorly understood. It has been theorized that bacterial or viral infection as well as pelvic inflammatory disease could play a role in ovarian carcinogenesis. AIM: To review the litera…
OBJECTIVE: This article represents a review of histologic and genetic findings in endometriosis and describes the mechanisms whereby genetic and non-genetic factors potentially contribute to the neoplastic progression of endometriosis. MET…
OBJECTIVE: This article critically reviews the literature on the association between endometriosis and gynecological cancers and breast cancer, based on epidemiologic data. METHODS: Literature review of the English language literature base…
Over 22,000 cases of ovarian cancer were diagnosed in 2007 in the United States, but only a fraction of them can be attributed to mutations in highly penetrant genes such as BRCA1. To determine whether low-penetrance genetic variants contri…