A study involving African-American women found those who used oral contraceptives had an increased risk of getting breast cancer….

The researchers tracked 53,848 participants in the Black Women’s Health Study for 12 years….

The incidence of estrogen receptor negative cancer was 65% greater among women who had ever used oral contraceptives than among non-users of contraceptives.

The study, published online in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, found the increase in risk was greatest for women who had used oral contraceptives within the previous 5 years and whose use had lasted 10 or more years….

~UPI.com, August 5

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