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2. Ever Been on Hormonal Birth Control? New Study Shows It ...

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   The effects of hormonal birth control on breast cancer risk have been studied for decades. Many studies over the years have shown that hormone-containing birth control options, specifically ...

3. How do hormonal IUDs affect breast cancer risk? - AOL

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   “The mentioned result can also be communicated in another way: for every 714 women using their first ‘high dose’ hormone IUD for 5 years, one woman will develop breast cancer due to the ...

4. Hormonal Birth Control Doesn't Deserve Its Bad Reputation

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   Studies on IUDs and cancer suggest a mix of pros and cons, similar to those associated with birth control pills: a slightly elevated risk of breast cancer, balanced by reductions in the risk of ...

5. Estrogen (medication) - Wikipedia

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   An estrogen (E) is a type of medication which is used most commonly in hormonal birth control and menopausal hormone therapy, and as part of feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women. [1] They can also be used in the treatment of hormone-sensitive cancers like breast cancer and prostate cancer and for various other indications.

6. Estradiol (medication) - Wikipedia

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   [11] [14] It is also used in hormonal birth control for women, in feminizing hormone therapy for transgender women and some non-binary individuals, and in the treatment of hormone-sensitive cancers like prostate cancer in men and breast cancer in women, among other uses.

7. High-dose estrogen therapy - Wikipedia

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   [1] [47] HDE was the first medical therapy for prostate cancer and breast cancer. [48] Pseudopregnancy was developed in the 1950s following the introduction of progestins with improved potency and pharmacokinetics , at which time it was used to treat hypoplasia of the uterus and breasts and endometriosis.