Sentences with phrase «oral contraceptive use reduces»

In high - income countries, 10 years of oral contraceptive use reduces the risk of developing endometrial cancer before age 75 from 2.3 to 1.3 cases per 100 users.

The findings reveal that every 5 years of oral contraceptive use reduces the risk of endometrial cancer by about a quarter.

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According to study author Dr Naomi Allen, also from the University of Oxford, UK, «The existing evidence suggests that medium - to - long - term use of oral contraceptives (ie, for 5 years or longer) results in substantially reduced risk of endometrial cancer.

A 2013 research review published in Obstetrics and Gynecology examined the results of 55 studies and found that for women with average risk, using oral contraceptives reduced lifetime risk of ovarian cancer by 40 to 50 %.