Prof. Henian Ofan Jie Feng, Xiaohung Hou, Mingwel Zhao, Xiaojing Zhao, Yuan Zhang, Ying Wang, Zhenglun Zhu and Wanzheng Pel

Abstract
This analysis of cigarette smoking and cancer of female reproductive system covers 115 cases of carcinoma of cervix, 75 ovarian carcinoma, 53 gestational trophoblastic neoplasm (GTN), 28 endometrjal carcinoma and 375 age matched controls. It shows that cigarette smoking is associated with carcinoma of the cervix and ovary, giving the relative risks (RR) as 4.4 and 2.8 respectively.
Husband smokers were more common in the carcinoma of cervix group than the controls, reflecting the risk of passive smoking and cancer.

Source: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, People’s Hospital, Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China.