Breast Disease
New breast disease data have been reported by researchers at University of Oxford
Published in Women's Health Weekly, February 14th, 2008
According to a study from Oxford, the United Kingdom, "This report is an update of findings, first reported in 1981, on the relationship between oral contraceptives (OCs) and benign breast disease with special reference to OCs containing <50 mcg estrogen. The Oxford-Family Planning Association study includes 17,032 women using different methods of contraception recruited at 17 family planning clinics between 1968 and 1974."
"These women were subsequently followed up until mid-1994. Among other items, information about contraceptive method changes and morbidity as measured by hospital referrals was collected during follow-up. The findings in the present analysis were...
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