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Multiple miscarriages are associated with the risk of ovarian cancer: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

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While the risk of ovarian cancer clearly reduces with each full-term pregnancy, the effect of incomplete pregnancies is unclear. We investigated whether incomplete pregnancies (miscarriages and induced abortions) are associated with risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. This observational study was carried out in female participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). A total of 274,442 women were followed from 1992 until 2010. The baseline questionnaire e...

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10.1371/journal.pone.0037141

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Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum More from this funder
Deutsche Krebshilfe More from this funder
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PLoS ONE Journal website
Volume:
7
Issue:
5
Article number:
e37141
Publication date:
2012-01-01
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EISSN:
1932-6203
ISSN:
1932-6203
Language:
English
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uuid:8e1402e9-f622-478f-9f17-8bfcf42d55f4
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340168
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2012-12-19

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