Publications by authors named "Melony G Williams"

Phytoestrogens have been shown to exert anti-estrogenic and estrogenic effects in some tissues, including the breast. However, only a few studies have evaluated their role in endometrial cancer risk. We evaluated this association in a population-based case-control study in New Jersey.

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Objective: To estimate the occurrence of synchronous epithelial ovarian and endometrial cancers among ovarian cancer patients and to assess survival of women with synchronous cancers.

Methods: Synchronous ovarian and endometrial cases were identified using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program from 1973 to 2005. Multivariable Cox-proportional hazards regression was used to estimate risk of death from ovarian cancer, comparing synchronous ovarian and endometrial cancers with single ovarian cancers and adjusting for demographic, prognostic, and treatment characteristics.

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