Multiple primary cancers of the ovary in the United States, 1992–1997

The current study describes the incidence of multiple primary ovarian malignancies by race and ethnicity among women in the United States during the period 1992–1997. The authors examined the most common primary cancer combinations and compared disease characteristics, such as sequence of occurrence...

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Published in:Cancer 2003-05, Vol.97 (S10), p.2660-2675
Main Authors: Howe, Holly L., Weinstein, Rachel, Hotes, Joellyn, Kohler, Betsy, Roffers, Steven D., Goodman, Marc T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)
Ethnic Groups - statistics & numerical data
Female
Female genital diseases
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - epidemiology
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - ethnology
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - pathology
Ovarian Neoplasms - epidemiology
Ovarian Neoplasms - ethnology
Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology
Registries
Tumors
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:The current study describes the incidence of multiple primary ovarian malignancies by race and ethnicity among women in the United States during the period 1992–1997. The authors examined the most common primary cancer combinations and compared disease characteristics, such as sequence of occurrence and age at diagnosis of ovarian cancer among racial and ethnic groups. Women with multiple primary ovarian cancers tended to be older than those with a single primary ovarian cancer. Incidence also was higher in white women and in non‐Hispanic women. Among women with multiple ovarian primaries, the ovarian cancer was most often diagnosed in the second of two tumors.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/cncr.11348