| Literature DB >> 19012860 |
Elizabeth R Smith1, Xiang-Xi Xu.
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The association between ovarian cancer risk and reproductive factors has been well established, and two main theories, incessant ovulation and gonadotropin stimulation, have been proposed to explain the mechanism. Recent studies using animal models of ovarian tumorigenesis, and analysis of ovarian tissues from prophylactic oophorectomies, suggest that depletion of ovarian follicles might underlie the epidemiological findings linking reproductive history and ovarian cancer risk.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 19012860 PMCID: PMC2713057 DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70281-X
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet Oncol ISSN: 1470-2045 Impact factor: 41.316