How does oral contraceptive use affect one’s risk of ovarian, endometrial, breast, and colorectal cancers?
OBG Manag. 2018 May;30(5):14-16
Letters To The Editor
Agrees that OC use clearly reduces mortality
OBG Manag. 2018 October;30(10):17
Dana M. Scott, MD; Mark D. Pearlman, MD
Agrees that OC use clearly reduces mortality
Recent evidence from long-term observations of hundreds of thousands of women, in 10 European countries, clearly demonstrated that the use of oral contraceptives (OCs) reduced mortality by roughly 10%.1,2 Newer OCs increase women’s overall survival.
In comparison, reducing obesity by 5 body mass index points would reduce mortality by only 5%, from 1.05 to 1.3
Dr. Stavros Saripanidis
Thessaloniki, Greece
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