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Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Oral contraceptive use in teenagers increases risk for early-onset breast cancer
December 22nd, 2005
Oral contraceptive use in teenagers increases their risk for early-onset breast cancer. Investigators in Sweden report, "Oral contraceptive (OC) use in young women has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. This matched case-control study aims to elucidate the combined effects of OC use and genetic factors in a population-based series of BRCA1/2 mutation-tested early-onset breast cancers." H. Jernstrom and colleagues described their study: "A first invasive breast cancer was diagnosed in 259 women aged {{<=}}40 years between 1990 and 1995 in the South Swedish Health Care Region. A total of 245 women were included in this study....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-22)
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