Oral contraceptives have prevented about 200,000 cases of endometrial cancer in the last decade
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Use of oral contraceptives (usually referred to as "the pill"), even for just a few years, gives substantial long-term protection against endometrial (womb) cancer, and the longer the pill is used the greater the reduction in risk, according to a detailed re-analysis of all the available evidence.