Endometriosis and the risk of skin cancer: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

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.

Methods

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 collected every 2-3 years through self-report, with skin cancer cases confirmed through pathology reports. Hazard Ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using Cox regression models.

Results

Between 1990 and 2008, 535 melanoma, 247 squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC), and 1,712 ba

SUBMITTER: Farland LV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5693730 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature