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Endometrial cancer and oral contraceptives: an individual participant meta-analysis of 27 276 women with endometrial cancer from 36 epidemiological studies
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Background Oral contraceptives are known to reduce the incidence rate of endometrial cancer, but it is uncertain how long this effect lasts after use ceases, or whether it is modified by other factors. Methods Individual participant datasets were sought from principal investigators and provided centrally for 27 276 women with endometrial cancer (cases) and 115 743 without endometrial cancer (controls) from 36 epidemiological studies. The relative risks (RRs) of endometrial cancer associated w...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/s1470-2045(15)00212-0
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- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Lancet Oncology Journal website
- Volume:
- 16
- Issue:
- 9
- Pages:
- 1061-1070
- Publication date:
- 2015-08-04
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1474-5488
- ISSN:
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1470-2045
- Pmid:
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26254030
- Source identifiers:
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575798
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- English
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- pubs:575798
- Deposit date:
- 2019-03-25
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- Elsevier Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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- Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Elsevier at: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(15)00212-0
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