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Environmental Factors in the Etiology of Carcinoma of the Human Ovary: A Review
Author(s) -
Lingeman Carolyn H.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.1983.4.1-2.365
Subject(s) - medicine , ovary , etiology , aunt , cancer , gynecology , breast cancer , carcinoma , sister , ovarian carcinoma , ovarian cancer , sociology , anthropology
The woman at highest risk for epithelial neoplasia of the ovary is a nulliparous, caueastan woman of northern European & descent residing in an industrialized country. She is at even higher risk if her sister, mother, maternal aunt or grandmother have had carcinomas of the breast or ovary or if she herself has had a previous carcinoma of the breast. The roles of hormonal drugs and oilier environmental chemical compounds in the etiology of this form of cancer are not clear but are the subjects of many ongoing investigations.