A new study has revealed that use of oral contraceptives can increase the risk of developing breast cancer than nonusers.
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The incidence of estrogen receptor negative cancer was 65 percent greater among women who had ever used oral contraceptives than among nonusers.
According to the BUSM researchers, the increase in risk was greatest for women who had used oral contraceptives within the previous five years and whose use had lasted 10 or more years, and the increase was greater for estrogen receptor negative than for estrogen receptor positive breast cancer.
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Lead author Lynn Rosenberg, an associate director of the Slone Epidemiology Center and professor of epidemiology at BUSM, pointd out- that oral contraceptive formulations have changed over time, making it relevant to assess the effects of more recent formulations on breast cancer risk.
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"A mechanism to explain an adverse influence of oral contraceptives on development of estrogen receptor negative breast cancer is currently unknown," she added.
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