Jill S Barnholtz-Sloan

No ORCID on file · 4 papers in corpus
observational 2018
Benign gynecologic conditions are associated with ovarian cancer risk in African-American women: a case-control study
Cancer causes & control : CCC ·doi:10.1007/s10552-018-1082-4

BACKGROUND: The association between common benign gynecologic conditions and ovarian cancer remains under-studied in African Americans. Therefore, we examine the association between self-reported history of benign gynecologic conditions and…

observational 2017
Cigarette smoking and the association with serous ovarian cancer in African American women: African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES)
Cancer causes & control : CCC ·doi:10.1007/s10552-017-0899-6

BACKGROUND: Smoking is a risk factor for mucinous ovarian cancer (OvCa) in Caucasians. Whether a similar association exists in African Americans (AA) is unknown. METHODS: We conducted a population-based case-control study of incident OvCa …

observational 2017
Tubal ligation and ovarian cancer risk in African American women
Cancer causes & control : CCC ·doi:10.1007/s10552-017-0943-6

PURPOSE: Tubal ligation has been associated with reduced risk of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) in studies of primarily white women, but less is known about the association in African American (AA) women. We sought to evaluate the associat…

observational 2016
Association between Body Powder Use and Ovarian Cancer: The African American Cancer Epidemiology Study (AACES)
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology ·doi:10.1158/1055-9965.epi-15-1281

BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies indicate increased ovarian cancer risk among women who use genital powder, but this has not been thoroughly investigated in African American (AA) women, a group with a high prevalence of use. We evaluate th…