The pill 'substantially' cuts ovarian cancer risk
- added January 25, 2008
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"The contraceptive pill substantially reduces women's risk of ovarian cancer and continues to protect them for at least 30 years after they stop taking it, according to a big scientific analysis published today.
The research, by Oxford University epidemiologists, suggests that the risk of ovarian cancer is cut by 20% for every five years that a woman has been on the pill. Those who take it for 15 years cut their risk by half. Ovarian cancer is hard to detect and kills two-thirds of those who get it."
If there was ever a reason to make the pill available over the counter...
The research, by Oxford University epidemiologists, suggests that the risk of ovarian cancer is cut by 20% for every five years that a woman has been on the pill. Those who take it for 15 years cut their risk by half. Ovarian cancer is hard to detect and kills two-thirds of those who get it."
If there was ever a reason to make the pill available over the counter...
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It's kind of odd because you almost never hear of anyone getting (or dying from) Ovarian cancer. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but I mean, how common are those odds that it "kills about 2/3 of everyone who gets it"?
I'm in no way bashing this, I'm totally stoked about it. I'm on the pill myself and I love it. And now there's just another reason for me to do so seeing how it could actually protect me from a form of cancer.-
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- alexi_parker
- 7 months ago
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