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Ovarian cancer and infertility: a genetic link?

JJ Nieto, KJ Rolfe, AB MacLean, P Hardiman

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  • The Royal Free Hospital ROR

Lancet (London, England), 354(9179), 649, 1999

DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02250-3 PMID 10466671

Abstract

A genetic mechanism may be responsible for the increased incidence of ovarian cancer in some infertile women (ie, those who failed to conceive despite treatment).

Topics

Infertility > Complications > Ovarian Cancer RiskGeneral OB/GYN > Gynecologic Oncology > Ovarian Cancer Genetics
ovarian cancer infertility genetic link, genetic mechanism ovarian cancer infertile women, infertility treatment failure ovarian cancer risk, ovarian cancer risk factor subfertility genetics, Hardiman ovarian cancer infertility association, cancer risk women who failed to conceive, ovarian malignancy infertility genetic predisposition, reproductive failure ovarian cancer epidemiology
PMID 10466671 10466671 DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02250-3 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02250-3

Cite this article

Nieto, J. J., Rolfe, K. J., MacLean, A. B., & Hardiman, P. (1999). Ovarian cancer and infertility: a genetic link?. *Lancet (London, England)*, *354*(9179), 649. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02250-3

Keywords

Case-Control Studies, Female, Genetic Linkage, Humans, Infertility, Female/complications/genetics, Ovarian Neoplasms/complications/genetics, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors

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