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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Oral contraceptive use and breast cancer in Indonesia.

AUTHORS

Bustan MN; Coker AL; Addy CL; Macera CA; Greene F; Sampoerno D

SOURCE

CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Mar;47(3):241-9.

ABSTRACT

A hospital-based case-control study was conducted in Ujungpandang, Indonesia, to determine the association of

breast cancer and current and former oral contraceptive (OC) use. This study included 119 newly diagnosed,

histologically-confirmed, breast cancer cases who were admitted to the 4 largest referral hospitals in Ujungpandang

from 1990-91. Controls were 258 women admitted to these same 4 hospitals with diagnoses unrelated to breast

cancer or OC use. The odds ratio for ever using OCs and breast cancer was 1.8 (95% confidence interval 1.2-3.0)

after adjustment for age, age at 1st pregnancy, and family history of breast cancer. Increasing duration of OC use did

not increase risk of breast cancer. No latency trend of increasing years since 1st OC use among cases was

observed; however, a younger age at 1st OC use was associated with increasing breast cancer risk. A significant

recency effect was observed; women last using OCs within 5 years of study enrollment were at greatest risk of breast

cancer (OR = 4.9, 95% CI: 2.1-11.4). This 1st study of breast cancer and OC use in Indonesia does not provide

consistent data to indicate an increased risk of breast cancer associated with OC use. Although breast cancer

cases were 80% more likely to have ever used OCs, neither duration nor latency of OC use were associated with

cancer risk. The significant recency effect suggests that a detection bias might explain the observed relationship

between ever OC use and breast cancer. These results support the need for further studies which include

population-based controls. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4561-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Oral contraceptive use and breast cancer in Indonesia.",

is(are) Bustan MN; Coker AL; Addy CL; Macera CA; Greene F; Sampoerno D. The source of this article is

"CONTRACEPTION. 1993 Mar;47(3):241-9.". This article was published in 1993 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4561-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9561

This article is peer-reviewed.

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