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Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk: Questions and Answers Some cancers depend on naturally occurring sex hormones for their development and growth. Researchers are interested in learning whether the hormones in oral contraceptives affect cancer risk in women (see Question 1). Some studies have shown an increased risk of breast cancer in women taking oral contraceptives, while other studies have shown no change in risk (see Question 2). Oral contraceptive use has been shown in multiple studies to decrease the risk of ovarian and endometrial cancer (see Question 3). Oral contraceptives have been shown to increase the risk of cervical cancer;...

The American family is at the center of a great struggle between good and evil, Wichita Bishop Thomas Olmsted said Saturday at a conference of Catholic families that drew 3,500 people to Century II. That struggle will soon include a national debate on marriage, said U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., who along with his wife, Karen, addressed the Midwest Catholic Family Conference. The conference continues today. Cheers greeted Rick Santorum, who pointed to abortion as one of the main causes of the breakdown of the family. Santorum said abortion attacks the family because it causes parents to see children as...