Breast Cancer Risk and contraceptives

All Hormonal Birth Control Is Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk, Study Shows

Here's what you need to know.

MIKE MCRAE

8 DEC 2017

New research has added to the growing pile of evidence that taking hormonal contraceptives increases your relative risk of developing breast cancer.

While these findings fall in line with what we already know, the study focussed mostly on formulations and delivery methods that have been developed since the mid-1990s - meaning that even newer contraceptives on the market are still adding to the problem./.../