Reproductive factors and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: results from the Asia Cohort Consortium
In this large study of Asian women we identified an inverse association with parity and a positive association with higher menopausal age in relation to EOC risk. Further work is needed to understand EOC risk factors for rare histologic subtypes that occur more frequently in Asian populations.
Authors
- Eiko Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4550-9631)
- Melissa A. Merritt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-6119)
- Habibul Ahsan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9808-377X)
- Sun‐Seog Kweon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2378-8550)
- Yukai Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9622-5751)
- Seiki Kanemura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-0322)
- Md. Shafiur Rahman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-6807)
- Jeffrey Killeen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1294-4650)
- Woon‐Puay Koh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5674-6341)
- Paolo Boffetta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-2791)
- You‐Lin Qiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6380-0871)
- Aesun Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6426-1969)
- Shoichiro Tsugane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4105-2774)
- Jeongseon Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0889-2686)
- Daehee Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4031-5878)
- Akiko Tamakoshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9761-3879)
- Sarah Krull Abe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3991-2739)
- Md. Rashedul Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3568-0870)
- Ryoko Katagiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4867-2450)
- Ritsu Sakata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0868-5502)
- Keitaro Matsuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1761-6314)
- Min‐Ho Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2217-5624)
- Norie Sawada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9936-1476)
- Ji‐Yeob Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5365-8189)
- Yumi Sugawara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0197-6772)
- Kee Seng Chia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0629-5570)
- Manami Inoue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1276-2398)
- Wanqing Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3004-5168)
- Sue K. Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-9707)
- Nathaniel Rothman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6924-0895)
- Wei Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1226-070X)
- Takashi Kimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7286-8365)
- Jian‐Min Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7664-7084)
- Loı̈c Le Marchand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5013-980X)
- Yu‐Tang Gao
- Xiao-Ou Shu
- Ichiro Tsuji
Institutions
- Chonnam National University (KR)
- Hitotsubashi University (JP)
- Agency for Science, Technology and Research (SG)
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University of Hawaii System (US)
- Seoul National University (KR)
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Chicago Department of Public Health (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Radiation Effects Research Foundation (JP)
- Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children (US)
- Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (JP)
- University of Chicago (US)
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (JP)
- National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (JP)
- Cancer Center of Hawaii (US)
- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SG)
- Shanghai Cancer Institute (CN)
- National Cancer Center (KR)
- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center (US)
- Aichi Cancer Center (JP)
- National Cancer Institute (US)
- National Cancer Center Hospital East (JP)
- National University Health System (SG)
- Hokkaido Institute of Public Health (JP)
- University of Hawaii Cancer Center
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics
- Stony Brook University (US)
- Nagoya University (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- University of Bologna (IT)
- Cancer Council NSW (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Cancer
- Published
- 2024-12-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-024-02924-z
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76
Funders
- National Cancer Center Japan