Yes DrH, any reduction is breast cancer would be a great advance forward.
From Australia...
The pill reduces the risk of breast cancer for young women with a family history of the disease, Australian research suggests.
University of Melbourne researchers studied almost 2,000 women under the age of 40, including 1,156 breast cancer patients in Australia, Canada and
the United States.
They found those with an inherited mutation in the BRCA1 gene - a known risk factor for early onset breast cancer - were about four times less likely
to develop the disease if they were taking oral contraceptives.
The findings go against the researchers' original hypothesis that the pill would increase breast cancer in high-risk groups.
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[edit on 23-3-2005 by sanctum]
