Depression and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: Results from two large prospective cohort studies

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abstract

Highlights

• •This study includes 183,903 women from two prospective US cohorts with about 700 ovarian cancer cases.
• •Depression assessed 2–4 years before cancer diagnosis was associated with about 30% increased risk of ovarian cancer.
• •Women with persistent positive depression status had a higher risk of ovarian cancer.