Kevin L'Espérance

Université de Montréal | UdeM · School of Public Health

Purpose To investigate the association between alcohol intake over the lifetime and the risk of overall, borderline, and invasive ovarian cancer. Methods In a population-based case–control study of 495 cases and 902 controls, conducted in Montreal, Canada, average alcohol intake over the lifetime and during specific age periods were computed from...

Contexte L'identification de facteurs de risque du cancer de l'ovaire est essentielle à sa prévention. L'adiposité à l'enfance contribuerait à l'initiation et à la progression du cancer dans l'ovaire, et ce risque pourrait différer selon les sous-types de la maladie. Dans une étude cas-témoin basée sur la population (2011-2016), nous cherchons à co...

Introduction: Based on evidence indicating weak positive associations, expert panels have concluded that excess body fat is probably a cause of ovarian cancer. Most studies have used measures of adult body fatness, but hormonal disturbances by excess body fat in childhood may contribute to risk, which has been examined in only a few previous studie...

En contexte pandémique pour une maladie émergente, les experts et les juridictions débattent des stratégies d’action à privilégier pour répondre à des agents pathogènes comme le SARS-Cov-2. Ces stratégies de gestion des risques sont réparties sur un continuum, comprenant la mitigation ou l’atténuation, la suppression, l'élimination et l'éradication...

Given the poor prognosis of ovarian cancer and limited population-level strategies for early detection and long-term treatment success, knowledge of modifiable risk factors for prevention and improved prognosis is important. Vitamin D has received wide scientific interest in cancer research as having the potential to be one such factor. We carried...