Association between Ambient Ultraviolet Radiation and Risk of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

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2012

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Tran, Bick
Jordan, Susan
Webb, Penelope M
Neale, Rachel
Lucas, Robyn

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American Association for Cancer Research

Abstract

Evidence is accumulating to suggest that higher exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is associated with decreased risk of internal cancers, but data for ovarian cancer are unclear. We aimed to examine the association between lifetime ambient UVR

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Keywords: adult; aged; article; cancer invasion; cancer prevention; cancer registry; cancer risk; cancer size; controlled study; female; human; major clinical study; ovary carcinoma; priority journal; radiation exposure; ultraviolet radiation; Adolescent; Adult; Ag

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Cancer Prevention Research

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