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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 ...
16 paź 2024 · Those who used levonorgestrel IUDs had a 40 percent higher chance of developing breast cancer. For women in their 30s in the United States, that would take the risk of breast cancer from about 1 ...
16 paź 2024 · While the risk of developing breast cancer was low overall, using a hormonal IUD was associated with an “excess risk” of 14 cases per 10,000 women, according to the study, published in the ...
5 dni temu · Published: October 17, 2024 8:55pm EDT. Absolute risk increases are much smaller. A new study has found a link between hormonal intrauterine devices (IUDs) and breast cancer. But media reports of ...
17 paź 2024 · Researchers studied nearly 80,000 women ages 15 to 49 for the findings. Women who use a hormone-releasing intrauterine device, or IUD, face around the same risk of breast cancer as women who take ...
6 dni temu · In the United States, about 1 in 10 women ages 15 to 49 uses an IUD or other form of long-acting reversible contraception, according to CDC data. A new study adds to a growing set of evidence that ...
Patients who are considering hormonal contraception can be counseled that: This recent study showed that women who use hormonal birth control methods may have a small increased risk of breast cancer, but the overall risk of breast cancer in hormonal birth control users remains very low.
