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Reproductive and Hormonal Factors, and Ovarian Cancer Risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Results from the International BRCA1/2 Carrier Cohort Study

Antoniou, Antonis C. ; Rookus, Matti ; Andrieu, Nadine ; Brohet, Richard ; Chang-Claude, Jenny ; Peock, Susan ; Cook, Margaret ; Evans, D. Gareth ; Eeles, Rosalind and Nogues, Catherine , et al. (2009) In Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 18(2). p.601-610
Abstract
Background: Several reproductive and hormonal factors are known to be associated with ovarian cancer risk in the general population, including parity and oral contraceptive (00 use. However, their effect on ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers has only been investigated in a small number of studies. Methods: We used data on 2,281. BRCA1. carriers and 1,038 BRCA2 carriers from the International BRCA1/2 Carrier Cohort Study to evaluate the effect of reproductive and hormonal factors on ovarian cancer risk for mutation carriers. Data were analyzed within a weighted Cox proportional hazards framework. Results: There were no significant differences in the risk of ovarian cancer between parous and nulliparous carriers. For... (More)
Background: Several reproductive and hormonal factors are known to be associated with ovarian cancer risk in the general population, including parity and oral contraceptive (00 use. However, their effect on ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers has only been investigated in a small number of studies. Methods: We used data on 2,281. BRCA1. carriers and 1,038 BRCA2 carriers from the International BRCA1/2 Carrier Cohort Study to evaluate the effect of reproductive and hormonal factors on ovarian cancer risk for mutation carriers. Data were analyzed within a weighted Cox proportional hazards framework. Results: There were no significant differences in the risk of ovarian cancer between parous and nulliparous carriers. For parous BRCA1 mutation carriers, the risk of ovarian cancer was reduced with each additional full-term pregnancy (P trend = 0.002). BRCA1 carriers who had ever used OC were at a significantly reduced risk of developing ovarian cancer (hazard ratio, 0.52; 95% confidence intervals, 0.37-0.73; P = 0.0002) and increasing duration of OC use was associated with a reduced ovarian cancer risk (P trend = 0.0004). The protective effect of OC use for BRCA1 mutation carriers seemed to be greater among more recent users. Tubal ligation was associated with a reduced risk of ovarian cancer for BRCA1 carriers (hazard ratio, 0.42; 95% confidence intervals, 0.22-0.80; P = 0.008). The number of ovarian cancer cases in BRCA2 mutation carriers was too small to draw definitive conclusions. Conclusions: The results provide further confirmation that OC use, number of full-term pregnancies, and tubal ligation are associated with ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 carriers to a similar relative extent as in the general population. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18(2):601-10) (Less)
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Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
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1538-7755
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10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0546
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  author       = {{Antoniou, Antonis C. and Rookus, Matti and Andrieu, Nadine and Brohet, Richard and Chang-Claude, Jenny and Peock, Susan and Cook, Margaret and Evans, D. Gareth and Eeles, Rosalind and Nogues, Catherine and Faivre, Laurence and Gesta, Paul and van Leeuwen, Flora E. and Ausems, Margreet G. E. M. and Sorio, Ana and Caldes, Trinidad and Simard, Jacques and Lubinski, Jan and Gerdes, Anne-Marie and Olah, Edith and Fuerhauser, Christine and Olsson, Håkan and Arver, Brita and Radice, Paolo and Easton, Douglas F. and Goldgarl, David E.}},
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  publisher    = {{American Association for Cancer Research}},
  series       = {{Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention}},
  title        = {{Reproductive and Hormonal Factors, and Ovarian Cancer Risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Results from the International BRCA1/2 Carrier Cohort Study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0546}},
  doi          = {{10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0546}},
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