The lancet oncology
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The lancet oncology · Sep 2012
Review Meta AnalysisOvarian cancer and smoking: individual participant meta-analysis including 28,114 women with ovarian cancer from 51 epidemiological studies.
Smoking has been linked to mucinous ovarian cancer, but its effects on other ovarian cancer subtypes and on overall ovarian cancer risk are unclear, and the findings from most studies with relevant data are unpublished. To assess these associations, we review the published and unpublished evidence. ⋯ Cancer Research UK and MRC.
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The lancet oncology · May 2012
Review Meta AnalysisAnal human papillomavirus infection and associated neoplastic lesions in men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at greatly increased risk of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated anal cancer. Screening for the presumed cancer precursor, high-grade anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN), followed by treatment in a manner analogous to cervical screening, has been proposed. We aimed to assess available data for anal HPV disease that can inform pre-cancer screening programmes. ⋯ Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
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The lancet oncology · Apr 2012
Meta AnalysisAssociation between endometriosis and risk of histological subtypes of ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of case-control studies.
Endometriosis is a risk factor for epithelial ovarian cancer; however, whether this risk extends to all invasive histological subtypes or borderline tumours is not clear. We undertook an international collaborative study to assess the association between endometriosis and histological subtypes of ovarian cancer. ⋯ Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, National Institutes of Health, California Cancer Research Program, California Department of Health Services, Lon V Smith Foundation, European Community's Seventh Framework Programme, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany, Programme of Clinical Biomedical Research, German Cancer Research Centre, Eve Appeal, Oak Foundation, UK National Institute of Health Research, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Cancer Council Tasmania, Cancer Foundation of Western Australia, Mermaid 1, Danish Cancer Society, and Roswell Park Alliance Foundation.
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The lancet oncology · Dec 2011
Review Meta AnalysisMeningiomas in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of individual patient data.
The epidemiological, prognostic, and therapeutic features of child and adolescent meningioma are poorly defined. Clinical knowledge has been drawn from small case series and extrapolation from adult studies. This study was done to pool and analyse the clinical evidence on child and adolescent meningioma. ⋯ None.
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The lancet oncology · Dec 2011
Review Meta AnalysisPsychological morbidity and quality of life of ethnic minority patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ethnic minority is associated with higher cancer incidence and poorer survival than is being in the majority group. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess whether psychological morbidity and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) were affected by minority status. ⋯ Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.