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YEAR: 1993

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Oral contraceptives and reproductive cancers: weighing the risks and

benefits.

AUTHORS

Coker AL; Harlap S; Fortney JA

SOURCE

Family Planning Perspectives. 1993 Jan-Feb;25(1):17-21, 36.

ABSTRACT

The hypothetical incidence of reproductive cancers resulting from oral contraceptive (OC) use was estimated in

several models comparing the cumulative lifetime incidence of cancer of the breast, cervix, ovary, and endometrium

expected in pill users with the incidence expected in nonusers. The potential number of cancer-free days that would

be gained or lost by pill users was compared with similar estimates among nonusers. If 5 years or more of pill use

were associated with a 20% increase in the risk of breast cancer being diagnosed before age 50, a 20% increase in

cervical cancer risk and a 50% reduction in the risks of ovarian and endometrial cancers, then every 100,000 pill

users would experience 44 fewer reproductive cancers during their lifetime than would nonusers, and would gain 1

more day free of cancer. If higher estimates of the 5-year pill-associated risks of breast and cervical cancer are used-

-a 50% increased risk of each, for example--then pill users would experience more reproductive cancers than

nonusers and would have 11 fewer cancer--free days of life. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4563-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Oral contraceptives and reproductive cancers: weighing the

risks and benefits.", is(are) Coker AL; Harlap S; Fortney JA. The source of this article is "Family Planning

Perspectives. 1993 Jan-Feb;25(1):17-21, 36.". This article was published in 1993 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 4563-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9563

This article is peer-reviewed.

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