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Abortion and Female Cancer Risks among Women Aged 20 to 45 Years: A 10-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan
Background: Female cancers, including breast, cervical, uterine, and ovarian cancer, remain among the ten most common cancers among women worldwide, but the relationship between female cancers and abortion from previous studies is inconsistent. This study aimed to investigate risks of incident femal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36834377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043682 |
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author | Shen, Cheng-Ting Tai, Shu-Yu Tsao, Yu-Hsiang Chen, Fang-Ming Hsieh, Hui-Min |
author_facet | Shen, Cheng-Ting Tai, Shu-Yu Tsao, Yu-Hsiang Chen, Fang-Ming Hsieh, Hui-Min |
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description | Background: Female cancers, including breast, cervical, uterine, and ovarian cancer, remain among the ten most common cancers among women worldwide, but the relationship between female cancers and abortion from previous studies is inconsistent. This study aimed to investigate risks of incident female cancers among women aged 20 to 45 years who underwent abortion in Taiwan compared with those who did not. Method: A longitudinal observational cohort study was conducted using three nationwide population-based databases in Taiwan, focusing on 20- to 45-year-old women, with 10 years of follow-up. Matched cohorts were identified with propensity score 1-to-3 matching between 269,050 women who underwent abortion and 807,150 who did not. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard modeling was used for analysis after adjusting for covariates including age, average monthly payroll, fertility, diabetes mellitus, polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometrial hyperplasia, endometriosis, hormone-related drugs, and Charlson comorbidity index. Results: We found lower risk of uterine cancer (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.77, 95% CI: 0.70–0.85) and ovarian cancer (HR: 0.81, 95% CI: 0.75–0.88), but no significant difference in risk of breast cancer or cervical cancer, among matched abortion compared with non-abortion cohorts. Regarding subgroup analysis, cervical cancer risk was higher for parous women who underwent abortion, and uterine cancer risk was lower for nulliparous women who underwent abortion compared with non-abortion groups. Conclusions: Abortion was related to lower uterine and ovarian cancer risk but was not associated with risks of incident breast cancer or cervical cancer. Longer follow-up may be necessary to observe risks of female cancers at older ages. |
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spelling | pubmed-99616802023-02-26 Abortion and Female Cancer Risks among Women Aged 20 to 45 Years: A 10-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan Shen, Cheng-Ting Tai, Shu-Yu Tsao, Yu-Hsiang Chen, Fang-Ming Hsieh, Hui-Min Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: Female cancers, including breast, cervical, uterine, and ovarian cancer, remain among the ten most common cancers among women worldwide, but the relationship between female cancers and abortion from previous studies is inconsistent. This study aimed to investigate risks of incident female cancers among women aged 20 to 45 years who underwent abortion in Taiwan compared with those who did not. Method: A longitudinal observational cohort study was conducted using three nationwide population-based databases in Taiwan, focusing on 20- to 45-year-old women, with 10 years of follow-up. Matched cohorts were identified with propensity score 1-to-3 matching between 269,050 women who underwent abortion and 807,150 who did not. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard modeling was used for analysis after adjusting for covariates including age, average monthly payroll, fertility, diabetes mellitus, polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometrial hyperplasia, endometriosis, hormone-related drugs, and Charlson comorbidity index. Results: We found lower risk of uterine cancer (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.77, 95% CI: 0.70–0.85) and ovarian cancer (HR: 0.81, 95% CI: 0.75–0.88), but no significant difference in risk of breast cancer or cervical cancer, among matched abortion compared with non-abortion cohorts. Regarding subgroup analysis, cervical cancer risk was higher for parous women who underwent abortion, and uterine cancer risk was lower for nulliparous women who underwent abortion compared with non-abortion groups. Conclusions: Abortion was related to lower uterine and ovarian cancer risk but was not associated with risks of incident breast cancer or cervical cancer. Longer follow-up may be necessary to observe risks of female cancers at older ages. MDPI 2023-02-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9961680/ /pubmed/36834377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043682 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Shen, Cheng-Ting Tai, Shu-Yu Tsao, Yu-Hsiang Chen, Fang-Ming Hsieh, Hui-Min Abortion and Female Cancer Risks among Women Aged 20 to 45 Years: A 10-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title | Abortion and Female Cancer Risks among Women Aged 20 to 45 Years: A 10-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_full | Abortion and Female Cancer Risks among Women Aged 20 to 45 Years: A 10-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_fullStr | Abortion and Female Cancer Risks among Women Aged 20 to 45 Years: A 10-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_full_unstemmed | Abortion and Female Cancer Risks among Women Aged 20 to 45 Years: A 10-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_short | Abortion and Female Cancer Risks among Women Aged 20 to 45 Years: A 10-Year Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan |
title_sort | abortion and female cancer risks among women aged 20 to 45 years: a 10-year longitudinal population-based cohort study in taiwan |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9961680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36834377 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043682 |
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