History of Comorbidities and Survival of Ovarian Cancer Patients, Results from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

Conclusions: Histories of endometriosis; asthma; depression; osteoporosis; and autoimmune, gallbladder, kidney, liver, or neurologic diseases were not associated with ovarian cancer overall or progression-free survival. Impact: These previously diagnosed chronic diseases do not appear to affect ovarian cancer prognosis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(9); 1470–3. ©2017 AACR.

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Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - August 31, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Minlikeeva, A. N., Freudenheim, J. L., Eng, K. H., Cannioto, R. A., Friel, G., Szender, J. B., Segal, B., Odunsi, K., Mayor, P., Diergaarde, B., Zsiros, E., Kelemen, L. E., Köbel, M., Steed, H., deFazio, A., on behalf of the Australian Ovarian Can Tags: Null Results in Brief Source Type: research