Anyone know the statistics of Birth Control linking to any type of Cancer?

Anyone know the statistics of Birth Control linking to any type of Cancer?





I’m worried since Birth Control is a hormone and all, and on both sides of the family I have like every cancer you can think of heredity wise. Will taking Birth Control heighten my risk for Breast or Cervical Cancer or any type of cancer for that matter? My Aunt on my Mom’s side has had Cancers around her female part, and has had Breast Cancer like 3 times. My grandma on my Dad’s side had Breast Cancer, and then died from some other odd cancer (probably from all the chemo from treating the Breast Cancer). This is a big concern of mine and is why I’ve tried avoiding taking Birth Control for so long. Please give me some hard evidence to prove or disprove so I know if I’ve made a major mistake or not.

Anyone know the statistics of Birth Control linking to any type of Cancer?
My answer is this...the success rate of birth control pills is measured in a way that you probably wouldn't expect. It is measured by comparing the number of deaths in women caused by taking birth control to the number of deaths in women caused by becoming pregnant.
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Reply:I don't have stats but it seems these days everything is related to cancer.that's why there's no cure.think about it if there was a cure for cancer can you imagine how many people would still be populating this planet.I think if they can come up with all the meds and technology these days, how is it possible that they can actually prolong your life for a few years. but to cure it is impossible GIVE ME A BREAK! My point is there's no money in the cure.the money is in the medicine and who do you think benefits from that.
Reply:Background and Importance of the study: Oral contraceptives —also known as birth control pills or just "the pill"—are the second most popular method of birth control in the United States after sterilization.





Birth control pills are very effective at preventing unwanted pregnancy. Past research has also shown that the pill helps protect women against ovarian and uterine cancer. Yet many women have long feared that birth control pills pose health risks, including an increase in the risk of breast cancer.





Now a large, well-designed study provides solid evidence that birth control pills do NOT increase the risk of breast cancer. This finding is true even in women who have taken the pill for a long time and for women with a family history of breast cancer.





The study showed no increase in breast cancer risk even among women who started using the pill when they were young. This is important because large numbers of American women who took birth control pills years ago are now reaching the age when breast cancer risk increases. For these women, it is reassuring to know that having taken the pill will not add to their breast cancer risk.





Birth Control Pill Raises Cervical Cancer Risk in HPV Infected Women


Woman with the human papilloma virus (HPV), using birth control pills increase the risk of cervical cancer up to four times, according to a study published in the noted medical journal: The Lancet in March 2002. The study was conducted by the World Health Organization.





The findings were based on data from eight different studies that included 3,769 women from four continents. 1,853 had cancer and 1,916 did not. Nearly all the woman were infected with HPV. The researchers made adjustments based on the participant's education, sexual activity and history, age and geographic location.





The study showed that woman who used birth control pills for less than 5 years were not at any more risk of cervical cancer in women than women who had never taken oral contraceptives.





However, the study showed that women who used birth control pills for between 5 -9 years were three times more likely to get cervical cancer. Woman using birth control pills for more than 10 years were four times more likely to get cancer. The study concludes:





"Long-term use of oral contraceptives could be a cofactor that increases the risk of cervical carcinoma by up to fourfold in women who are positive for cervical HPV DNA."





HPV, human papilloma virus is a common sexually transmitted disease that has been linked to an increased risk of cervical cancer. The virus causes warts and lesions. In a study done in the late 1980's researchers identified HPV as a risk factor for cervical cancer. There are 12,900 cases of cervical cancer in the US each years and 4,400 woman die of it. After breast cancer, it is the second most common form of cancer found in woman.





Hormonal factors are very important in the development of breast cancer. The amount and duration of estrogen exposure seems to be the key issue. The younger a woman is when she has her first period, and the older she is when she stops having periods, the more likely she is to develop breast cancer. If the ovaries are removed early, for any reason, estrogen levels drop, and the risk of breast cancer drops greatly (other problems, of course, get worse).





Since your own hormones have an impact on the development of this disease, it makes sense that taking hormone pills, particularly estrogen containing pills, might also have an impact. Studies looking into this have had conflicting results. One of the reasons for this is that cancer takes a long time to develop. By the time a breast lump can be felt, the cancer has usually been there for about ten years. Birth control pills have changed quite a bit over the last decades. Earlier pills contained much more estrogen than those used today. Both the amount of estrogen and the proportion of estrogen to progesterone in the pills have changed. Any long term look at the effect of birth control pills is going to be influenced by the variety of different pill formulations that have been used.





Dr. Leslie Bernstein, et al., looked at many studies, some showing a risk from birth control pills, others showing no risk at all. They did a careful meta-analysis of all the data and concluded that the risk of breast cancer does increase with prolonged use of the pill. (Relationship of hormone use to cancer risk. Monograph of the National Cancer Institute 12:137 1992). At 120 months or ten years of use the relative risk was 1.38. These women were 1.38 times as likely to get breast cancer as those who had not used the pill.





This does not mean that you shouldn't use the pill. There are clearly many benefits. Some studies even show that the pill may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer. There is even a synthetic progesterone formulation that might someday reduce the risk of breast cancer (Colletta, et al., The growth inhibition of human breast cancer cells by a novel synthetic progestin. Journal of Clinical Investigation 87:277 1991).





The primary concern is for women who start their period before age eleven. These women also begin having regular periods much faster. Someone who has gone through precocious puberty, and whose estrogen exposure is already going to be high, should be aware of the situation before deciding upon the pill. Prolonged use of estrogen containing pills is more likely to harm this subgroup of women.





The long term effect of the current pill formulations are complex and will not be fully sorted out for years to come. Any decision to use birth control pills should be made in light of a woman's total health, including her other risk factors and the impact of an unwanted pregnancy.





There is a new cervical cancer vaccine out in Australia so look into that it costs $400 so thats about $250 US





This is some stuff i found on the net i am a male and have history of prostate cancer in my family so i am concerned also. Hope thats not too much of an information overload, keep well : )

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