Oral contraceptives & breast cancer / Committee on the Relationship Between Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer, Institute of Medicine, Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Relationship Between Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991Description: 1 online resource (viii, 185 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0585149011
9780585149011

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Oral contraceptives and breast cancer

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Oral contraceptives & breast cancer.DDC classification:

616.99/449071 20

LOC classification:

RA645.C3 I57 1991eb

NLM classification:

WP 870 I575o

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44.92

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Summary: "At least 10.7 million American women use oral contraceptives (OCs). The potential connection with breast cancer has caused concern among these OC users and uncertainty among many of their physicians. This new volume offers the most up-to-date information available on this critical topic. While the best available knowledge does not support any fundamental change in clinical practice with respect to the use of OCs, this book offers specific recommendations for more research to fully resolve the relationship between OCs and breast cancer. Noting consumer confusion, the volume includes a concise summary of benefits, risks, and other practical information for contraceptive users and their doctors. The volume presents current data on changes in patterns of OC use, differences in risk at different ages, the benefits of OCs, and more."--Website description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"At least 10.7 million American women use oral contraceptives (OCs). The potential connection with breast cancer has caused concern among these OC users and uncertainty among many of their physicians. This new volume offers the most up-to-date information available on this critical topic. While the best available knowledge does not support any fundamental change in clinical practice with respect to the use of OCs, this book offers specific recommendations for more research to fully resolve the relationship between OCs and breast cancer. Noting consumer confusion, the volume includes a concise summary of benefits, risks, and other practical information for contraceptive users and their doctors. The volume presents current data on changes in patterns of OC use, differences in risk at different ages, the benefits of OCs, and more."--Website description.

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