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4 dni temu · Here's what the evidence says. A new study has found a link between hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) and breast cancer. The research is important, but media reports of a large increase in risk ...
6 dni temu · Here, the “relative” risk increase was about 30% for women using the IUDs for up to five years, 40% after 5–10 years, and 80% after 10–15 years of use. These sound like massive risks. But though these statistics compare the risk of breast cancer in IUD users to the risk in non-users, they do not tell us the proportion of women who will ...
6 dni temu · A new study adds to a growing set of evidence that women who use hormonal birth control have higher rates of breast cancer, but experts have stressed that the overall risk remains low.
6 dni temu · Women younger than 50 who used a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (IUD) had a significantly higher risk of breast cancer as compared with women who did not use hormonal...
16 paź 2024 · Hormone-releasing intrauterine devices (IUDs) are associated with a slightly higher risk of breast cancer among young women, according to a large new Danish study. IUDs are among the most...
Among women who used the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device (LNG-IUD), the relative risk of breast cancer was 1.21 (95% CI, 1.11–1.33) compared with never-users of hormonal contraception, but the risk did not increase with duration of use. Key Points.
4 lip 2024 · Mirena is an intrauterine device (IUD) for birth control. Because it's a type of hormonal contraception, it could slightly increase your chances of getting breast cancer.
