Breast Cancer and Oral Contraception

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, which is an annual campaign to build public awareness about the disease as well as to raise funds for research.

What does this educational campaign have to do with contraception? It has to do with the fact that many types of oral contraceptives contain synthetic estrogen, a steroid believed to have a role in the development of breast cancer.[1]

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