Reproductive Factors and Endometrial Cancer Risk Among Women

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This large pooled study of individual participant data found that late menarche, early menopause, and a higher number of deliveries were significantly associated with a lower risk of endometrial cancer. These convincing results from Asian prospective studies add to the growing body of evidence for the association between reproductive factors and endometrial cancer.PMID:37669051 | DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.32296

Source: Cancer Control - September 5, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ryoko Katagiri Motoki Iwasaki Sarah Krull Abe Md Rashedul Islam Md Shafiur Rahman Eiko Saito Melissa A Merritt Ji-Yeob Choi Aesun Shin Norie Sawada Akiko Tamakoshi Woon-Puay Koh Ritsu Sakata Ichiro Tsuji Jeongseon Kim Chisato Nagata Sue K Park Sun-Seog Kw Source Type: research