Contraceptives And Breast Cancer

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Using contraception could increase a woman's risk of breast cancer by 38 percent, a new study revealed.

However, this does not only affect women who take birth control pills. Research carried out by the University of Copenhagen determined that the risk is related to or associated with hormonal contraceptives. That is, birth control pills, injections, or devices that are placed in or near the uterus.

The study sample included 1.8 million women under the age of 50 who had been undermined for an 11-year period, indicates The New England Journal of Medicine.

But what exactly did the study show? The longer you use these contraceptive methods, the greater the risk of contracting this disease. Now, on average, there was a 20 percent increased risk for women overall who use these anticeptives. However, the research found that if a woman used them for less than a year the risk could be 9 percent versus those who have used them for more than 10 years. In those cases particularly, CNN reports that the increased risk could be 38 percent.

The percentage almost reaches the average, that is, 50 percent. If a woman takes the contraceptive for a period of time, there is, according to the study, "a rapid disappearance of the excess risk of breast cancer," CNN reports. For his part, the professor of epidemiology in England, David Hunter, indicated in an interview with the news network that the risks between contraceptive pills and breast cancer had already been proven, but he said that the study exposes the risks of these methods.