TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk of ovarian cancer in women with first-degree relatives with cancer
AU - Soegaard, Marie
AU - Frederiksen, Kirsten
AU - Jensen, Allan
AU - Høgdall, Estrid
AU - Høgdall, Claus
AU - Blaakaer, Jan
AU - Ramus, Susan J
AU - Gayther, Simon A
AU - Kjaer, Susanne K
N1 - Keywords: Adult; Age Factors; Age of Onset; Aged; Breast Neoplasms; Case-Control Studies; Colorectal Neoplasms; Confidence Intervals; Denmark; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mothers; Odds Ratio; Ovarian Neoplasms; Prostatic Neoplasms; Risk Factors; Siblings
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk of ovarian cancer in women with first-degree relatives with cancer at one of the four most frequent hereditary sites based on validated cancer diagnoses and to examine the association according to age at diagnosis of ovarian cancer and histology. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING AND POPULATION: First-degree relatives of 554 women with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer and 1,564 controls were included. METHODS: Analyses were performed using multiple logistic regression models. RESULTS: Ovarian cancer in a first-degree relative was significantly associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer (OR, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.4-4.1 (mother or sister)). Ovarian cancer in a first-degree relative appeared to be a stronger risk factor for early-onset (< or =50 years) ovarian cancer than late-onset (OR, 5.3; 95% CI, 2.0-14.1 vs. OR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.0-3.4). The positive association with ovarian cancer family history tended to be with non-mucinous tumors. Breast cancer in one first-degree female relative was not significantly associated with risk of ovarian cancer. CONCLUSION: Ovarian cancer in a first-degree relative is a very strong predictor of epithelial ovarian cancer, especially early-onset ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer in first-degree relatives seems to be positively associated with especially non-mucinous tumors.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk of ovarian cancer in women with first-degree relatives with cancer at one of the four most frequent hereditary sites based on validated cancer diagnoses and to examine the association according to age at diagnosis of ovarian cancer and histology. DESIGN: Case-control study. SETTING AND POPULATION: First-degree relatives of 554 women with invasive epithelial ovarian cancer and 1,564 controls were included. METHODS: Analyses were performed using multiple logistic regression models. RESULTS: Ovarian cancer in a first-degree relative was significantly associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer (OR, 2.4; 95% CI, 1.4-4.1 (mother or sister)). Ovarian cancer in a first-degree relative appeared to be a stronger risk factor for early-onset (< or =50 years) ovarian cancer than late-onset (OR, 5.3; 95% CI, 2.0-14.1 vs. OR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.0-3.4). The positive association with ovarian cancer family history tended to be with non-mucinous tumors. Breast cancer in one first-degree female relative was not significantly associated with risk of ovarian cancer. CONCLUSION: Ovarian cancer in a first-degree relative is a very strong predictor of epithelial ovarian cancer, especially early-onset ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer in first-degree relatives seems to be positively associated with especially non-mucinous tumors.
U2 - 10.1080/00016340902807207
DO - 10.1080/00016340902807207
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19266357
SN - 0001-6349
VL - 88
SP - 449
EP - 456
JO - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
IS - 4
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