Purpose Incidence and mortality rates for endometrial cancer are rising. We need to better understand the etiology of this disease and identify new risk factors. We examined whether common genital infections are associated with endometrial cancer. Methods Using serum samples from The Polish Endometrial Cancer Study (443 cases, 443 controls), we measured antibodies against microbial antigens with a multiplex fluorescent bead-ba...

The vaginal ecosystem is a key component of women's health. It also represents an ideal system for ecologists to investigate the consequence of perturbations on species diversity and emerging properties between organizational levels. Here, we study how exposure to different types of menstrual products is linked to microbial, immunological, demographic, and behavioural measurements in a cohort of young adult women who reported...

Purpose Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) is the leading cause of gastric cancer. High antibody levels to H. pylori virulence factors Vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) and Cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) have been suggested as gastric cancer risk markers. In the USA, H. pylori sero-prevalence is twofold higher in African Americans compared to whites. We sought to assess whether African Americans also exhibit higher antibody le...