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SUBMITTER: Farland LV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5693730 | biostudies-other | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Farland Leslie V LV Lorrain Simon S Missmer Stacey A SA Dartois Laureen L Cervenka Iris I Savoye Isabelle I Mesrine Sylvie S Boutron-Ruault Marie-Christine MC Kvaskoff Marina M
Cancer causes & control : CCC 20170810 10
<h4>Purpose</h4>Endometriosis has been associated with an increased risk of skin melanoma. However, associations with other skin cancer types and how they compare with melanoma are unclear. Our objective was to prospectively investigate the relationships between endometriosis and risk of non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers.<h4>Methods</h4>E3N is a prospective cohort of 98,995 French women aged 40-65 years in 1990. Data on surgically confirmed endometriosis and skin cancer diagnoses were colle ...[more]