Clinical Inquiry: do oral contraceptives put women with a family history of breast cancer at increased risk?

Freund, R.; Kelsberg, G.; Safranek, S.

Journal of Family Practice 63(9): 540; 549

2014


ISSN/ISBN: 1533-7294
PMID: 25353033
Document Number: 623915
A systematic review of the effect of combined OCPs on women with a family history of breast cancer found no additional increase in risk. Investigators identified 3 retrospective cohort studies (N=66,500, with 8500 cases) and 7 case-control studies (total 10,500 cases) from the past 40 years, most including women from the United States and Canada, but one including women from 5 continents.

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