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The collected data included 51\u2009911 cancer (27\u2009330 breast; 9470 lung; 6496 pancreatic; 6342 ovarian; 2273 colon) and 27\u2009483 non-cancer cases. With the derived information, the authors replicated a case-control study design to investigate the association between parity (i.e., childbearing) and cancer risk. Age-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated for each cancer type and compared to those reported in large-scale epidemiological studies.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results Parity was found to be associated with a significantly reduced risk of breast cancer (OR\u2009=\u20090.78, 95% CI, 0.75-0.82), pancreatic cancer (OR\u2009=\u20090.78, 95% CI, 0.72-0.83), colon cancer (OR\u2009=\u20090.67, 95% CI, 0.60-0.74), and ovarian cancer (OR\u2009=\u20090.58, 95% CI, 0.54-0.62). Marginal association was found for lung cancer risk (OR\u2009=\u20090.87, 95% CI, 0.81-0.92). The linear trend between increased parity and reduced cancer risk was dramatically more pronounced for breast and ovarian cancer than the other cancers included in the analysis.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusion This large web-mining study on parity and cancer risk produced findings very similar to those reported with traditional observational studies. 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