All hormonal contraceptives increase breast cancer risk: study
The Hindu
A news study showed that all hormonal contraceptives carry a slightly increased risk of breast cancer, including the increasingly popular progestogen-only pills
All hormonal contraceptives carry a slightly increased risk of breast cancer, including the increasingly popular progestogen-only pills, according to a study published on Tuesday.
The researchers who carried out the study stressed that the increased risk of breast cancer needs to be weighed against the benefits of hormonal contraceptives, including the protection they provide against other forms of female cancer.
Previous studies have established an increased risk of breast cancer from two-hormone, or combined, contraceptives that use both estrogen and progestogen.
While the use of progestogen-only contraceptives has been on the rise for well over a decade, little research had been performed previously on their links to breast cancer.
The study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, found that the risk of a woman developing breast cancer was about the same for hormonal contraceptives using both estrogen and progestogen as for those using just progestogen.
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According to the study, women taking hormonal contraceptives have a 20 to 30% higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who do not use them.
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