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Many newer contraceptives still linked to breast cancer: study
For every 100,000 women, hormone contraceptive use causes an additional 13 breast cancer cases a year
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Thu, Dec 7, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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New York
WOMEN who rely on birth control pills or contraceptive devices that release hormones face a small but significant increase in the risk for breast cancer, according to a large study published on Wednesday.
The study, which followed 1.8 million Danish women for more than a decade, upends widely held assumptions about modern contraceptives for younger generations of women.
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