TY  - JOUR
AU  - O'Brien, Katie M
AU  - Tworoger, Shelley S
AU  - Harris, Holly R
AU  - Trabert, Britton
AU  - Weinberg, Clarice R
AU  - Fortner, Renee T
AU  - D'Aloisio, Aimee A
AU  - Kaunitz, Andrew M
AU  - Wentzensen, Nicolas
AU  - Sandler, Dale P
TI  - Genital powder use and risk of uterine cancer: A pooled analysis of prospective studies.
JO  - International journal of cancer
VL  - 148
IS  - 11
SN  - 1097-0215
CY  - Bognor Regis
PB  - Wiley-Liss
M1  - DKFZ-2021-00100
SP  - 2692-2701
PY  - 2021
N1  - 2021 Jun 1;148(11):2692-2701
AB  - When powder is applied to the genital area, it has the potential to reach internal reproductive organs and promote carcinogenesis by irritating and inflaming exposed tissues. While many studies have considered the association between genital powder use and ovarian cancer risk, the relationship between genital powder use and uterine cancer is less well-studied. We pooled data from four large, prospective cohorts (the Nurses' Health Study, the Nurses' Health Study II, the Sister Study, and the Women's Health Initiative - Observational Study). We used Cox proportional hazards models to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95
KW  - Uterine cancer (Other)
KW  - endometrial cancer (Other)
KW  - genital powder (Other)
KW  - talc (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:33433939
DO  - DOI:10.1002/ijc.33470
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/166761
ER  -