2006
PGR +331 A/G and Increased Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Risch HA, Bale AE, Beck PA, Zheng W. PGR +331 A/G and Increased Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2006, 15: 1738-1741. PMID: 16985038, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-06-0272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancerA allelePostmenopausal womenProgesterone receptor gene polymorphismHistologic tumor typePopulation-based studyEpithelial ovarian cancerEffect of progesteroneReceptor gene polymorphismsPremenopausal womenEndometrial cancerMenopausal statusOral contraceptivesOvarian neoplasiaProgesterone receptorProgestin exposureG genotypeGG genotypeGene polymorphismsTumor typesReceptor isoformsCancerWomenRiskProgesterone
1999
RESPONSE - Re: Hormonal Etiology of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, With a Hypothesis Concerning the Role of Androgens and Progesterone
Risch H. RESPONSE - Re: Hormonal Etiology of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, With a Hypothesis Concerning the Role of Androgens and Progesterone. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 1999, 91: 650a-651. DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.7.650a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResponse - Re: Hormonal Etiology of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, With a Hypothesis Concerning the Role of Androgens and Progesterone
Risch H. Response - Re: Hormonal Etiology of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, With a Hypothesis Concerning the Role of Androgens and Progesterone. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 1999, 91: 650a-651. DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.7.650-a.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Hormonal Etiology of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, With a Hypothesis Concerning the Role of Androgens and Progesterone
Risch HA. Hormonal Etiology of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, With a Hypothesis Concerning the Role of Androgens and Progesterone. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 1998, 90: 1774-1786. PMID: 9839517, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/90.23.1774.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial ovarian cancerOvarian cancerIncessant ovulationOvarian epithelial cellsOvarian inclusion cystsEpithelial cellsRole of androgensGonadotropin hypothesisGonadotropin secretionGonadotropin stimulationHormonal etiologyColorectal cancerCancer deathInclusion cystsAndrogenic stimulationFrequent causeCancerGermline mutationsProgesterone stimulationHormonal stimulationOvulationStimulationAdditional major factorAndrogensProgesterone