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Publications for Follow-up Study of Women Evaluated and Treated for Infertility

Brinton LA, Lamb EJ, Moghissi KS, Scoccia B, Althuis MD, Mabie JE, Westhoff CL. Ovarian cancer risk after the use of ovulation-stimulating drugs. Obstet Gynecol 2004;103:1194-203.

Brinton LA, Lamb EJ, Moghissi KS, Scoccia B, Althuis MD, Mabie JE, Westhoff CL. Ovarian cancer risk associated with varying causes of infertility. Fertil Steril 2004;82:405-414.

Brinton LA, Scoccia B, Moghissi KS, Westhoff CL, Althuis MD, Mabie JE, Lamb EJ. Breast cancer risk associated with ovulation-stimulating drugs. Hum Reprod 2004;19:2005-2013 .

Brinton LA, Moghissi KS, Scoccia B, Westhoff CL, Lamb EJ. Ovulation induction and cancer risk (Review). Fertil Steril 2005;83:261-274.

Althuis MD, Moghissi KS, Westhoff CL, Scoccia B, Lamb EJ, Lubin JH, Brinton LA. Uterine cancer after use of clomiphene citrate to induce ovulation. Am J Epidemiol 2005;161:607-615.

Brinton LA, Westhoff CL, Scoccia B, Lamb EJ, Althuis MD, Mabie JE, Moghissi KS. Causes of infertility as predictors of subsequent cancer risk. Epidemiology 2005;16:500-507.

Althuis MD, Scoccia B, Lamb EJ, Moghissi KS, Westhoff CL, Mabie JE, Brinton LA. Melanoma, thyroid, cervical and colon cancer risk after use of fertility drugs. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2005;193:668-674.

Brinton LA, Moghissi KS, Westhoff CL, Lamb EJ, Scoccia B. Cancer risk among infertile women with androgen excess or menstrual disorders (including polycystic ovary syndrome). Fertil Steril 2010;94:1787-93. PMCID: PMC2888728.

Brinton LA, Westhoff CL, Scoccia B, Lamb EJ, Trabert B, Niwa S, Moghissi KS. Fertility drugs and endometrial cancer risk: results from an extended follow-up of a large infertility cohort. Hum Reprod 2013;28:2813-2821. PMCID: PMC3777572.

Trabert B, Lamb EJ, Scoccia B, Moghissi KS, Westhoff CL, Niwa S, Brinton LA. Ovulation-inducing drugs and ovarian cancer risk: results from an extended follow-up of a large United States infertility cohort. Fertil Steril 2013;100:1660-1666. PMCID: PMC3873340.

Brinton LA, Scoccia B, Moghissi KS, Westhoff CL, Niwa S, Trabert B, Lamb EJ. Long-term relationship of ovulation-stimulating drugs to breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2014;23:584-593. PMCID: PMC3979528.

Reigstad MM, Larsen IK, Myklebust TA, Robsahm TE, Oldereid NB, Omland AK, Vangen S, Brinton LA, Storeng R. Risk of breast cancer following fertility treatment-A registry based cohort study of parous women in Norway. Int J Cancer 2014 Jul 9; doi: 10.1002/ijc.29069. [Epub ahead of print]