Add to ORKGwas forwarded to the authors of the Cibula et al. review, who declined to respond. Therefore, the editor-in-chief has provided the following note. Editor’s reply: Hormonal contraception and risk of cancer The review by Cibula et al. noted that none of the large prospective oral contraceptive (OC) cohort studies with prolonged follow-up involved an increased overall risk of cancer incidence or mortality among ever-users of OC (Cibula et al., 2010). The authors analyzed studies involving breast, ovarian, endometrial and cervical cancers, as well as non-reproductive cancers. Patrick Carroll’s letter refers to the fact that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has a stronger association with breast cancer than OCs, even though the hormone dosage i...
Background:Oral contraceptives (OC) are widely used in the United States. Although the relation betw...
concludes that a combination of estro-gen and progestin increases the risk of breast cancer over tim...
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and its relationship with hormonal contraceptive methods Cervical...
We thank Dr. Weiss (1) for his thoughtful reading of our article (2). This review was part of a larg...
( 1) is intriguing but is complex and will prove difficult to confirm. We should remember that the m...
To the Editor: The study on oral-contraceptive use and the risk of breast cancer from the Centers fo...
BACKGROUND: Fear from increased cancer risk is one of the most significant reasons for low acceptanc...
Previous studies had shown that there is little concern about endometrial cancer risk with hormone r...
In their combined analyses of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trial and observational s...
In a recent issue of the Journal, Beral et al. (1) reported on the Million Women Study (MWS) and con...
We thank Tomao et al1 for their correspondence in reference to our article,2 in particular, for sugg...
Although past studies have shown that oral contraceptives with 50 µg or more of estrogen reduce the ...
textabstractPurpose of review: Breast and ovarian cancer remain a significant burden for women livin...
The authors respond to a communication criticizing an earlier article of theirs published in the Bri...
In October 2006, a meta-analysis was published in theMayo Clinic Proceedings on the effects of combi...
Background:Oral contraceptives (OC) are widely used in the United States. Although the relation betw...
concludes that a combination of estro-gen and progestin increases the risk of breast cancer over tim...
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and its relationship with hormonal contraceptive methods Cervical...
We thank Dr. Weiss (1) for his thoughtful reading of our article (2). This review was part of a larg...
( 1) is intriguing but is complex and will prove difficult to confirm. We should remember that the m...
To the Editor: The study on oral-contraceptive use and the risk of breast cancer from the Centers fo...
BACKGROUND: Fear from increased cancer risk is one of the most significant reasons for low acceptanc...
Previous studies had shown that there is little concern about endometrial cancer risk with hormone r...
In their combined analyses of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trial and observational s...
In a recent issue of the Journal, Beral et al. (1) reported on the Million Women Study (MWS) and con...
We thank Tomao et al1 for their correspondence in reference to our article,2 in particular, for sugg...
Although past studies have shown that oral contraceptives with 50 µg or more of estrogen reduce the ...
textabstractPurpose of review: Breast and ovarian cancer remain a significant burden for women livin...
The authors respond to a communication criticizing an earlier article of theirs published in the Bri...
In October 2006, a meta-analysis was published in theMayo Clinic Proceedings on the effects of combi...
Background:Oral contraceptives (OC) are widely used in the United States. Although the relation betw...
concludes that a combination of estro-gen and progestin increases the risk of breast cancer over tim...
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and its relationship with hormonal contraceptive methods Cervical...