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.
Not exact matches
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, published in The Lancet Oncology journal.
«The ultimate outstanding evolutionary question concerns whether the
use of oral contraceptives when making mating decisions can have long -
term consequences on the ability
of couples to reproduce,» suggests Lummaa.