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Women diagnosed with preeclampsia between 2009 and 2013 were compared to a control group who underwent appendectomy but did not have preeclampsia. Participants with a prior cancer diagnosis were excluded. Cancer occurrence was assessed using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision codes. Results: Data from 42,380 preeclampsia patients and 105,327 controls were analyzed. Cancer incidence rates were 333.1 per 100,000 person-years in the preeclampsia group and 377.0 in controls. Preeclampsia was associated with significantly higher risks of gallbladder and biliary tract cancers (HR 5.49, 95% CI 1.23\u201324.50), breast cancer (HR 1.17, 95% CI 1.02\u20131.34), and thyroid cancer (HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.10\u20131.34). However, it was linked to lower risks of ovarian cancer (HR 0.44, 95% CI 0.27\u20130.74) and leukemia (HR 0.36, 95% CI 0.16\u20130.81). All hazard ratios were adjusted for age, which differed substantially between the two groups; unadjusted incidence rates and age-adjusted hazard ratios therefore differed in direction for some sites. Conclusions: Preeclampsia was associated with an increased risk of certain cancers, including breast and thyroid cancers, and with a decreased risk of ovarian cancer and leukemia. Because the control group was older than the preeclampsia group, crude incidence rates and age-adjusted hazard ratios differed in direction; the age-adjusted estimates should therefore be regarded as the primary findings. Several site-specific associations, particularly those based on small event counts (e.g., gallbladder and biliary tract cancer), should be interpreted as exploratory and warrant replication.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/cancers18142218","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]],"date-time":"2026-07-09T16:16:44Z","timestamp":1783613804000},"page":"2218","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Preeclampsia and Site-Specific Cancer Risk: A Nationwide Population-Based Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-1022-6647","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hyewon","family":"Hur","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yongin 16995, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Institute of Women\u2019s Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1692-6126","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eun Hwa","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Myeongjee","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biostatistics Collaboration Unit, Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3780-3213","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Inkyung","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Biostatistics, Department of Biomedical Systems Informatics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1684-2267","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kyung Jin","family":"Eoh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yongin 16995, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Institute of Women\u2019s Life Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"631","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(10)60279-6","article-title":"Pre-eclampsia","volume":"376","author":"Steegers","year":"2010","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3183","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.287.24.3183","article-title":"Contemporary concepts of the pathogenesis and management of preeclampsia","volume":"287","author":"Lain","year":"2002","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1200","DOI":"10.1016\/0002-9378(89)90665-0","article-title":"Preeclampsia: An endothelial cell disorder","volume":"161","author":"Roberts","year":"1989","journal-title":"Am. 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