Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer

by Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and National Research Council

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309044936
• ISBN13: 9780309044936
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 198 Pages