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Risks of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers after twin births

Ji, Jianguang LU orcid ; Försti, Asta LU ; Sundquist, Jan LU and Hemminki, Kari LU (2007) In Endocrine-Related Cancer 14(3). p.11-703
Abstract

The concentrations of endogenous hormones differ between women with twin and singleton births, with a possible influence on the risk of cancer. We used the nationwide Swedish Family-Cancer Database, including 30,409 women with a twin birth, to examine the subsequent risks of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers. Relative risks (RRs) were calculated in a log-linear Poisson regression model of person-years as offset. Cancer data were retrieved from the Swedish Cancer Registry; a total of 1010, 210, and 174 women were diagnosed with breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers respectively, after a twin birth. A significant decrease in the risk of breast cancer was noted among women with a twin birth compared with women with a singleton... (More)

The concentrations of endogenous hormones differ between women with twin and singleton births, with a possible influence on the risk of cancer. We used the nationwide Swedish Family-Cancer Database, including 30,409 women with a twin birth, to examine the subsequent risks of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers. Relative risks (RRs) were calculated in a log-linear Poisson regression model of person-years as offset. Cancer data were retrieved from the Swedish Cancer Registry; a total of 1010, 210, and 174 women were diagnosed with breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers respectively, after a twin birth. A significant decrease in the risk of breast cancer was noted among women with a twin birth compared with women with a singleton birth (RR 0.85, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.74-0.98). The protective effects were observed throughout the intervals after last pregnancy and they were strongest shortly after the last pregnancy in women who delivered a twin birth before 30 years of age. Twin birth did not change the risk of endometrial cancer (1.08, 95% CI 0.79-1.47) but the RR was increased for women with the number of pregnancies > or =4 (1.39, 95% CI 1.11-1.76). The RR for ovarian cancer was 0.95 (95% CI 0.79-1.15). Our study showed that twin births significantly reduced the subsequent risk of breast cancer. However, the associations of twin births with endometrial and ovarian cancers were not substantial.

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Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology, Cohort Studies, Databases, Factual, Endometrial Neoplasms/epidemiology, Female, Gravidity, Humans, Middle Aged, Ovarian Neoplasms/epidemiology, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Multiple, Risk Factors, Twins
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Endocrine-Related Cancer
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14
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Society for Endocrinology
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1351-0088
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10.1677/ERC-07-0088
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  keywords     = {{Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology; Cohort Studies; Databases, Factual; Endometrial Neoplasms/epidemiology; Female; Gravidity; Humans; Middle Aged; Ovarian Neoplasms/epidemiology; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Multiple; Risk Factors; Twins}},
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  title        = {{Risks of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers after twin births}},
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  doi          = {{10.1677/ERC-07-0088}},
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