2015
Obesity and survival among women with ovarian cancer: results from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium
Nagle CM, Dixon SC, Jensen A, Kjaer SK, Modugno F, deFazio A, Fereday S, Hung J, Johnatty SE, Fasching P, Beckmann M, Lambrechts D, Vergote I, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, Lambrechts S, Risch H, Rossing M, Doherty J, Wicklund K, Chang-Claude J, Goodman M, Ness R, Moysich K, Heitz F, du Bois A, Harter P, Schwaab I, Matsuo K, Hosono S, Goode E, Vierkant R, Larson M, Fridley B, Høgdall C, Schildkraut J, Weber R, Cramer D, Terry K, Bandera E, Paddock L, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Wentzensen N, Yang H, Brinton L, Lissowska J, Høgdall E, Lundvall L, Whittemore A, McGuire V, Sieh W, Rothstein J, Sutphen R, Anton-Culver H, Ziogas A, Pearce C, Wu A, Webb P. Obesity and survival among women with ovarian cancer: results from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. British Journal Of Cancer 2015, 113: 817-826. PMID: 26151456, PMCID: PMC4559823, DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2015.245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalBody mass indexOvarian cancer-specific survivalCancer-specific survivalOvarian cancerHazard ratioHistologic subtypeOverall survivalHigh-grade serous cancerHigher Body Mass IndexInvasive ovarian cancerPooled hazard ratioDifferent histologic subtypesOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumMajority of womenRandom-effects modelAdverse survivalPooled HRsSerous cancerEndometrioid subtypeMass indexOvarian carcinomaObservational studyModest associationCancer
2014
Evaluating the ovarian cancer gonadotropin hypothesis: A candidate gene study
Lee AW, Tyrer JP, Doherty JA, Stram DA, Kupryjanczyk J, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Plisiecka-Halasa J, Spiewankiewicz B, Myers EJ, Study A, Group A, Chenevix-Trench G, Fasching PA, Beckmann MW, Ekici AB, Hein A, Vergote I, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, Lambrechts D, Wicklund KG, Eilber U, Wang-Gohrke S, Chang-Claude J, Rudolph A, Sucheston-Campbell L, Odunsi K, Moysich KB, Shvetsov YB, Thompson PJ, Goodman MT, Wilkens LR, Dörk T, Hillemanns P, Dürst M, Runnebaum IB, Bogdanova N, Pelttari LM, Nevanlinna H, Leminen A, Edwards RP, Kelley JL, Harter P, Schwaab I, Heitz F, du Bois A, Orsulic S, Lester J, Walsh C, Karlan BY, Hogdall E, Kjaer SK, Jensen A, Vierkant RA, Cunningham JM, Goode EL, Fridley BL, Southey MC, Giles GG, Bruinsma F, Wu X, Hildebrandt MA, Lu K, Liang D, Bisogna M, Levine DA, Weber RP, Schildkraut JM, Iversen ES, Berchuck A, Terry KL, Cramer DW, Tworoger SS, Poole EM, Olson SH, Orlow I, Bandera EV, Bjorge L, Tangen IL, Salvesen HB, Krakstad C, Massuger LF, Kiemeney LA, Aben KK, van Altena AM, Bean Y, Pejovic T, Kellar M, Le ND, Cook LS, Kelemen LE, Brooks-Wilson A, Lubinski J, Gronwald J, Cybulski C, Jakubowska A, Wentzensen N, Brinton LA, Lissowska J, Yang H, Nedergaard L, Lundvall L, Hogdall C, Song H, Campbell IG, Eccles D, Glasspool R, Siddiqui N, Carty K, Paul J, McNeish IA, Sieh W, McGuire V, Rothstein JH, Whittemore AS, McLaughlin JR, Risch HA, Phelan CM, Anton-Culver H, Ziogas A, Menon U, Ramus SJ, Gentry-Maharaj A, Harrington P, Pike MC, Modugno F, Rossing MA, Ness RB, Pharoah PD, Stram DO, Wu AH, Pearce CL. Evaluating the ovarian cancer gonadotropin hypothesis: A candidate gene study. Gynecologic Oncology 2014, 136: 542-548. PMID: 25528498, PMCID: PMC4892108, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2014.12.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer riskOvarian Cancer StudyCancer riskGene-level associationsOnly modest associationsUnconditional logistic regressionCancer studiesHormone-related diseasesPathway genesGonadotropin hypothesisEtiologic roleGenome-wide significant associationOvarian cancerProstate cancerLarger sample sizeGonadotropinSignificant associationDisease riskModest associationLogistic regressionGene-level testsHigh-penetrance susceptibility genesCandidate gene studiesStrong genetic basisUnderstanding of biology