Summer birthsday is risk factor for myomas in Slovak women. Retrospective study

Introduction: Uterine leiomyomas are hormonally dependent benign tumors with high prevalence and morbidity. Understanding of their ethiology is so far incomplete. Several studies have confirmed that season of birth affects the incidence of some tumors: skin cancer in Italy, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer in Sweden.
Source: European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Session 01 – Myomas and Hysterectomy Source Type: research