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The Association Between Hysterectomy And Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Population-Based Record-Linkage Study, Suzanne C. Dixon-Suen, Penelope M. Webb, Louise F. Wilson, Karen Tuesley, Louise M. Stewart, Susan J. Jordan
The Association Between Hysterectomy And Ovarian Cancer Risk: A Population-Based Record-Linkage Study, Suzanne C. Dixon-Suen, Penelope M. Webb, Louise F. Wilson, Karen Tuesley, Louise M. Stewart, Susan J. Jordan
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Background: Recent studies have called into question the long-held belief that hysterectomy without oophorectomy protects against ovarian cancer. This population-based longitudinal record-linkage study aimed to explore this relationship, overall and by age at hysterectomy, time period, surgery type, and indication for hysterectomy.
Methods: We followed the female adult Western Australian population (837 942 women) across a 27-year period using linked electoral, hospital, births, deaths, and cancer records. Surgery dates were determined from hospital records, and ovarian cancer diagnoses (n¼1640) were ascertained from cancer registry records.We used Cox regression to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the …