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Cigarette smoking and the risk of female reproductive cancer.

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Stockwell, HG; Lyman, GH
Published in: Am J Obstet Gynecol
July 1987

An epidemiologic study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between cigarette smoking and the risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers. Results indicated a clear reduction of risk for endometrial cancer among women aged 50 years and older who smoke cigarettes. Risks were significantly reduced among moderate smokers (odds ratio = 0.6), heavy smokers (odds ratio = 0.4), and former smokers (odds ratio = 0.6). No association was observed among women under age 50 years. When the relationship between cigarette smoking and breast cancer was investigated, no statistically significant association between cigarette smoking and the risk of breast cancer was observed except among women greater than 50 years who were light smokers only. There was also a nonstatistically significant increase in risk among younger women smoking more than two packs of cigarettes a day (odds ratio = 2.0), but overall there was no evidence of any relationship. Similarly, no association between ovarian cancer and cigarette smoking was apparent, although there was a nonsignificant increase in risk among women under age 50 years who smoked 40 or more cigarettes a day or were exsmokers.

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Published In

Am J Obstet Gynecol

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ISSN

0002-9378

Publication Date

July 1987

Volume

157

Issue

1

Start / End Page

35 / 40

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Uterine Neoplasms
  • Smoking
  • Risk
  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Florida
  • Female
  • Breast Neoplasms
 

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Stockwell, H. G., & Lyman, G. H. (1987). Cigarette smoking and the risk of female reproductive cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol, 157(1), 35–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9378(87)80341-1
Stockwell, H. G., and G. H. Lyman. “Cigarette smoking and the risk of female reproductive cancer.Am J Obstet Gynecol 157, no. 1 (July 1987): 35–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9378(87)80341-1.
Stockwell HG, Lyman GH. Cigarette smoking and the risk of female reproductive cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1987 Jul;157(1):35–40.
Stockwell, H. G., and G. H. Lyman. “Cigarette smoking and the risk of female reproductive cancer.Am J Obstet Gynecol, vol. 157, no. 1, July 1987, pp. 35–40. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(87)80341-1.
Stockwell HG, Lyman GH. Cigarette smoking and the risk of female reproductive cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1987 Jul;157(1):35–40.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Obstet Gynecol

DOI

ISSN

0002-9378

Publication Date

July 1987

Volume

157

Issue

1

Start / End Page

35 / 40

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Uterine Neoplasms
  • Smoking
  • Risk
  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Middle Aged
  • Humans
  • Florida
  • Female
  • Breast Neoplasms