[boatbums]

Does she have breast cancer now? That’s the result of Birth Control pills.

Research has shown only a slight increase in risk for breast cancer in women who took the BC pill. It is definitely NOT the default result of taking them. From the site http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/oral-contraceptives:

A number of studies suggest that current use of oral contraceptives (birth control pills) appears to slightly increase the risk of breast cancer, especially among younger women. However, the risk level goes back to normal 10 years or more after discontinuing oral contraceptive use.

Women who use oral contraceptives have reduced risks of ovarian and endometrial cancer. This protective effect increases with the length of time oral contraceptives are used.

Oral contraceptive use is associated with an increased risk of cervical cancer; however, this increased risk may be because sexually active women have a higher risk of becoming infected with human papillomavirus, which causes virtually all cervical cancers.

Women who take oral contraceptives have an increased risk of benign liver tumors, but the relationship between oral contraceptive use and malignant liver tumors is less clear.

I object to the BC pill for a number of reasons including the "secondary" function that can induce a mini-abortion, should an egg be fertilized, by making the uterine lining repel its implantation. Most women are not made aware of that fact and they most certainly should be. Just making up scare tactics like telling women they WILL get breast cancer if they use the pill is not helpful and only harms the legitimate discussion of contraception.

[Salvation]

**I object to the BC pill for a number of reasons including the “secondary” function that can induce a mini-abortion, should an egg be fertilized, by making the uterine lining repel its implantation. Most women are not made aware of that fact and they most certainly should be.**

This information needs to get out to more women. Thanks.

[Brian Kopp DPM]

The breast cancer risks are not "slight."

[Brian Kopp DPM]

Lancet. 2002 Mar 30;359(9312):1085-92.

Effect of oral contraceptives on risk of cervical cancer in women with human papillomavirus infection: the IARC multicentric case-control study.

Moreno V, Bosch FX, Muñoz N, Meijer CJ, Shah KV, Walboomers JM, Herrero R, Franceschi S; International Agency for Research on Cancer. Multicentric Cervical Cancer Study Group.

Comment in:

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Use of oral contraceptives could increase risk of cervical cancer; however the effect of human papillomavirus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer, is not usually taken into account. We aimed to assess how use of oral contraceptives affected risk of cervical cancer in women who tested positive for HPV DNA. METHODS: We pooled data from eight case-control studies of patients with histologically confirmed invasive cervical carcinoma (ICC) and from two studies of patients with carcinoma in situ (ISC). Information about use of oral contraceptives was obtained from personal interviews. Effects were estimated as odds ratios, with logistic-regression models adjusted for possible confounders. FINDINGS: 1465 of 1561 (94%) patients with ICC, 211 of 292 (72%) with ISC, and 255 of 1916 (13%) controls were positive for HPV DNA. Compared with never-users, patients who had used oral contraceptives for fewer than 5 years did not have increased risk of cervical cancer (odds ratio 0.73; 95% CI 0.52-1.03). The odds ratio for use of oral contraceptives was 2.82 (95% CI 1.46-5.42) for 5-9 years, and 4.03 (2.09-8.02) for use for 10 years or longer, and these risks did not vary by time since first or last use. INTERPRETATION: Long-term use of oral contraceptives could be a cofactor that increases risk of cervical carcinoma by up to four-fold in women who are positive for cervical HPV DNA. In the absence of worldwide information about HPV status, extra effort should be made to include long-term users of oral contraceptives in cervical screening programmes

[Brian Kopp DPM]

This medical journal article was written by a good friend of mine. I am an officer of the board of his research institute. Please, do not repeat this nonsense about the cancer risks from the pill being slight. It does a grave disservice to your fellow men and women.

Oral Contraceptive Use as a Risk Factor for Premenopausal Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer in women worldwide and the most common cause of cancer death in US women aged 20 to 59 years. Each year in the United States, approximately 211,000 women develop breast cancer and more than 47,000 (20%) do so before the age of 50 years. Approximately 2 in 15 American women are expected to develop breast cancer in their lifetime, and nearly 40,000 women die of the disease annually. During the past 4 decades, breast cancer rates have risen steadily worldwide and have risen even faster in more developed countries, especially among younger women. Click on a link below to read Dr. Kahlenborn's article on this topic:

• English Version