Blar i forfatter "Maskarinec, Gertraud"

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    • Percentage density, Wolfe's and Tabár's mammographic patterns. Agreement and association with risk factors for breast cancer 

      Gram, Inger Torhild; Ursin, Giske; Maskarinec, Gertraud; Bremnes, Yngve; Bjurstam, Nils; Lund, Eiliv (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2005-08-25)
      Introduction: The purpose of this report was to classify mammograms according to four methods and to examine their agreement and their relationship to selected risk factors for breast cancer. Method: Mammograms and epidemiological data were collected from 987 women, aged 55 to 71 years, attending the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program. Two readers each classified the mammograms according ...

    • Smoking and breast cancer risk by race/ethnicity and oestrogen and progesterone receptor status: the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) study 

      Gram, Inger Torhild; Park, Song-Yi; Maskarinec, Gertraud; Wilkens, Lynne R; Haiman, Christopher A.; Le Marchand, Loïc (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-18)
      <i>Background</i> - The purpose of this study was to examine if the smoking-related higher breast cancer risk was similar for the five race/ethnicity groups in the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) study and by oestrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) receptor status.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - From 1993 to 2013, we followed 67 313 women who were enrolled in the MEC study at 45–75 years of age. We identified ...

    • Smoking and risk of ovarian cancer by histological subtypes: an analysis among 300 000 Norwegian women. 

      Licaj, Idlir; Jacobsen, Bjarne K.; Selmer, Randi; Maskarinec, Gertraud; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Gram, Inger Torhild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-13)
      Background: We prospectively investigated the association between different measures of smoking exposure and the risk of serous, mucinous, and endometrioid ovarian cancers (OC) in a cohort of more than 300 000 Norwegian women. <br>Methods: We followed 300 398 women aged 19–67 years at enrolment until 31 December 2013 for OC incidence through linkage to national registries. We used Cox proportional ...

    • Social inequalities and smoking-associated breast cancer - Results from a prospective cohort study 

      Bjerkaas, Eivind; Parajuli, Ranjan; Engeland, Anders; Maskarinec, Gertraud; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Gram, Inger Torhild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-01-22)
      Objective. The association between smoking and breast cancer has been found in most recent, large cohort studies. We wanted to investigate how smoking-associated breast cancer varies by level of education, a wellestablished measure of socioeconomic status. <p>Methods. We included 302,865 women with 7490 breast cancer cases. Participants were assigned to low, moderate or high level of education ...