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Reproductive factors and survival from ovarian cancer
Author(s) -
Jacobsen Bjarne K.,
Vollset Stein Emil,
Kvåle Gunnar
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910540605
Subject(s) - ovarian cancer , norwegian , abortion , medicine , malignancy , gynecology , cancer , oncology , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , philosophy , linguistics , genetics
During a 29‐year screening follow‐up of 63,090 Norwegian women, 644 women were found to have an ovarian cancer with known metastatic status as their first malignancy. Of these women, 419 subsequently died of ovarian cancer. As reproductive factors, particularly parity, are risk factors for ovarian cancer, we investigated possible relationships between reproductive history and survival from ovarian cancer. Except for an improved survival in women with more than one abortion, no significant relationships were found.