http://www.abc.net.au/news/scitech/2002/03/item20020323202940_1.htm
Mon, Mar 25 2002 10:09 AM AEDT
New research has confirmed that using the pill can increase a woman's risk
of developing breast cancer.
Earlier small studies have shown the chance of getting the disease rises by
about 25 per cent in women who have used oral contraceptives compared to those
who have not.
New material presented at a European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona
confirms the results and also finds that for women aged over 45 who take the
pill, the risk of breast cancer is doubled.
It was the largest study into the effects of the pill so far, with a research
team from Norway following the medical records of over 100,000 women through the
1990s.
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