Ovarian cancer and infertility: a genetic link?

Nieto JJ; Rolfe KJ; MacLean AB; Hardiman P

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02250-3

General Gynecology · Cancer and Fertility

Ovarian cancer and infertility: a genetic link?

Nieto JJ, Rolfe KJ, MacLean AB, Hardiman P

Published August 21, 1999 Lancet (London, England), 354(9179), 649

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

General Gynecology Cancer and Fertility Hormone Sensitive Cancer and Reproductive Care
Genetics and Immunology Reproductive Genetics Single Gene Conditions

General Gynecology › Cancer and Fertility › Hormone Sensitive Cancer and Reproductive Care · Genetics and Immunology › Reproductive Genetics › Single Gene Conditions

PMID 10466671 10466671 DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02250-3 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)02250-3 Nieto et al. 1999, Nieto 1999

Keywords

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

Ovarian cancer and infertility: a genetic link?

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