Association of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) with ovarian cancer: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study from Taiwan

Abstract Background Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an important health issue for women. Infection and inflammation play an important role in carcinogenesis and PID has been reported to be associated with ovarian cancer in some small scale studies. Aim We sought to determine whether PID is asso...

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Main Authors: Cherry Yin-Yi Chang, Kent Yu-Hsien Lin, Chien-Chu Huang, Wu-Chou Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-021-01413-2