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Case-Control Study of Dietary Risks of Ovarian Cancer
A Case-Control Study of Diet and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer
Sai Yi Pan, Anne-Marie Ugnat, Yang Mao, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2004;13:1521-1527. Published online September 1, 2004.

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Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention

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A Case-Control Study of Diet and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer
Sai Yi Pan,1 Anne-Marie Ugnat,1 Yang Mao,1 Shi Wu Wen,2,3 Kenneth C. Johnson,1 and
The Canadian Cancer Registries Epidemiology Research Group1
1

Surveillance and Risk Assessment Division, Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch,
Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 2OMNI Research Group, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and 3Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Abstract
Epidemiologic studies have suggested that some dietary factors may play a role in the etiology of ovarian cancer, but the findings have been



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