Personal History of Endometriosis and Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma in a Large Prospective Cohort of French Women
Author(s) -
Marina Kvaskoff,
Sylvie Mesrine,
A. Fournier,
MarieChristine BoutronRuault,
Françoise ClavelChapelon
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.19.2061
Subject(s) - medicine , relative risk , endometriosis , fibroadenoma , gynecology , confidence interval , family history , cohort study , cohort , nurses' health study , obstetrics , prospective cohort study , breast cancer , cancer
An association between melanoma and endometriosis has been reported, but most findings relied on case-control studies or a limited number of melanoma cases, and therefore the available evidence is weak. Moreover, the effect of other benign gynecological diseases on melanoma risk is unknown.
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