Purpose Endometrial cancers have long been divided into estrogen-dependent type I and
the less common clinically aggressive estrogen-independent type II. Little is known about …

Background. Women with proliferative breast disease (PD) have been observed to have an
increased risk of breast cancer. The authors evaluated the effect of PD on breast cancer risk …

Breast cancers classified by estrogen receptor (ER) and/or progesterone receptor (PR)
expression have different clinical, pathologic, and molecular features. We examined existing …

To assist in medical counseling, we present a method to estimate the chance that a woman
with given age and risk factors will develop breast cancer over a specified interval. The risk …

A straightforward and unified approach is presented for the calculation of the population
attributable risk per cent (etiologic fraction) in the general muftivariate setting, with emphasis …

We conducted a three-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) of breast cancer in
9,770 cases and 10,799 controls in the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) …

Background: Mammographic images from women with a high proportion of epithelial and
stromal breast tissues are described as showing high-density parenchymal patterns. Most …

Purpose An understanding of the etiologic heterogeneity of ovarian cancer is important for
improving prevention, early detection, and therapeutic approaches. We evaluated 14 …

Background Worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer and is the leading cause
of cancer death among women. Methods To describe global trends, we compared age …

OBJECTIVES: Our goal was to determine the risk of cancer after hospitalization for
endometriosis. STUDY DESIGN: Records of 20,686 women hospitalized with endometriosis …