A Prospective Evaluation of Insulin and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I as Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer
Gunter M, Hoover D, Yu H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Manson J, Li J, Harris T, Rohan T, Xue X, Ho G, Einstein M, Kaplan R, Burk R, Wylie-Rosett J, Pollak M, Anderson G, Howard B, Strickler H. A Prospective Evaluation of Insulin and Insulin-like Growth Factor-I as Risk Factors for Endometrial Cancer. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2008, 17: 921-929. PMID: 18398032, PMCID: PMC3090086, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-07-2686.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBody Mass IndexCarcinoma, EndometrioidEndometrial NeoplasmsEstradiolFemaleHumansHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinInsulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3Middle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicObesityProportional Hazards ModelsProspective StudiesRisk FactorsConceptsInsulin-like growth factorEndometrial cancerEndometrioid adenocarcinomaRisk factorsFree IGFObese womenEstrogen levelsWomen's Health Initiative Observational StudyFree IGF-I levelsIGF-binding protein-3Growth factorBaseline serum specimensIncident endometrial cancerHormone therapy useIGF-I levelsMain histologic typesCase-cohort studyMajor risk factorHigh estrogen levelsTotal IGFPostmenopausal womenHormone therapyProspective cohortRandom subcohortTherapy use