Quick Hit: Taking the Pill Decreases Ovarian Cancer Risk

A new study came out last week indicating that women who take oral contraceptives have a greatly reduced risk of ovarian cancer.

The protection from ovarian cancer is greater than the risk of other cancers associated with use of the Pill, such as breast and cervical malignancies, Beral said.
“There is a slight transient risk of breast cancer and cervical cancer, but that goes away when you stop taking the Pill,” she said. “But the decrease in ovarian cancer is persistent and long-lasting. The magnitude of this outweighs the other risk.”

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