Menstrual pain and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: Results from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium
Babic A, Harris HR, Vitonis AF, Titus LJ, Jordan SJ, Webb PM, Group A, Risch H, Rossing M, Doherty J, Wicklund K, Goodman M, Modugno F, Moysich K, Ness R, Kjaer S, Schildkraut J, Berchuck A, Pearce C, Wu A, Cramer D, Terry K. Menstrual pain and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: Results from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. International Journal Of Cancer 2017, 142: 460-469. PMID: 28833087, PMCID: PMC7580880, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere menstrual painMenstrual painOvarian cancerOdds ratioHistologic subtypePotential confoundersIncreased ovarian cancer riskLogistic regressionSpecific histologic subtypesCommon gynecological conditionEpithelial ovarian cancerMultivariate logistic regressionOvarian cancer riskCase-control studyOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumInternational pooled analysisUse of hormonesSevere painGynecological conditionsProspective studyPooled analysisClear cellsUndiagnosed endometriosisCancer riskMultinomial logistic regression