BACKGROUND: Several drinking water contaminants are known or suspected carcinogens; however, there are only a few investigations of drinking water exposure and ovarian cancer. We evaluated associations between regulated contaminants in comm…
BACKGROUND: Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent, widespread environmental contaminants, and some are endocrine disrupting. Studies of gynecologic cancers are limited; we evaluated ovarian cancer, a rare, ofte…
While enormous strides have been made in the representation of women in clinical trials, the percentage of women enrolling in Phase I trials still remains low, which both raises public health concerns about the safety of new drugs and socia…
This paper queries the pharmaceutical industry's concept of "ready-to-recruit" populations by examining its recruitment strategies for clinical trials and the types of human subjects who participate in these drug studies. The argument is th…