title: Reproduction-related risk factors for mucinous and nonmucinous epithelial ovarian cancer.
abstract: The proposition that mucinous ovarian cancer has an etiology distinct from that of other histologic types has been evaluated using data from a population-based case-control study of epithelial ovarian cancer conducted in 1990--1993 among Australian women aged 18--79 years. The protective effects of parity and oral contraceptive use were greater in nonmucinous than in mucinous ovarian tumors. However, these differences appeared to be driven largely by the effect of ovulatory life, which was positively associated with nonmucinous tumors only. An association with family history of breast and/or ovarian cancer also appeared to be restricted to nonmucinous cancers. These results lend support to the hypothesis that mucinous and nonmucinous ovarian tumors develop via different causal mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. davidP@qimr.edu.au
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Purdie
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Siskind
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bain
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D018297:Neoplasms, Cystic, Mucinous, and Serous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017698:Postmenopause; D017697:Premenopause; D017584:Reproductive History; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral