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Obesity Linked to Ovarian Cancer
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 Study lead author Dr. Michael Leitzmann, of the National Cancer Institute, said one "possible reason for the observation that obesity might lead to increased ovarian cancer risk in women who have not used HRT versus women who have is that exogenous estrogens supplied by menopausal hormones fail to add further to the high background levels of endogenous estrogens among obese women."
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The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more on ovarian cancer.
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Last updated 1/5/2009
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SOURCES: Jay Brooks, M.D., chairman of hematology/oncology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Baton Rouge, La.; Elizabeth A. Poynor, M.D., Ph.D., gynecologic oncologist, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Michael A. Bookman, M.D., vice president for ambulatory care and clinical research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia; Michael F. Leitzmann, M.D., DrPH, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, U.S. National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md.; Feb. 15, 2009, Cancer
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