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[Hormonal contraception and breast cancer risk].
Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) - 1 Nov 2010
Bjelic-Radisic Vesna, Petru Edgar
Abstract excerpt
The largest meta-analysis comprised a total of 54 epidemiologic studies (Collaborative Group on Hormonal Factors in Breast Cancer) and included 53,297 women with breast cancer and 100,239 controls. Women currently using hormonal contraceptives had a modestly elevated risk for breast cancer (RR 1.24). This risk continuously decreased over years and did not exist after discontinuation of the drugs after ten years....
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