The drug prevents waste to prevent ovarian cancer in the long term

According to a recent report published by Oxford University researchers in The Lancet, The Pill may help women avoid significant ovarian cancer for a long time.

Researchers found that birth control pills prevent ovarian cancer for more than 30 years after women stop taking the medicine. They also found that the longer the use of the drug, the greater the protective effect of the drug; If using the drug for 15 years, the risk of ovarian cancer is halved. According to researchers' estimates, in high-income countries, every 1,000 women who use oral contraceptives for 10 years may reduce the risk of cancer in the chamber before age 75 from 12% to 8 %; and the risk of getting this disease after 75 years of age decreased from 7% to 5%.

The study also provides evidence from 45 epidemiological studies of ovarian cancer in 21 countries. Participating in these studies were 23,257 women with ovarian cancer, of which 7,308 (31%) had ever used oral contraceptives; In addition, 87,303 additional women also had ovarian cancer, of which 32,717 (37%) used contraceptive pills.

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The main author of the study, Professor Valerie Beral, and director of the British Center for Epidemiological Research at Oxford University, said: ' Worldwide, the Pill The Pill protects 200,000 women. from ovarian cancer , and prevent 100,000 deaths from this disease. More than 100 million women currently use The Pill, so the number of women with ovarian cancer will decrease in the next few decades to about 30,000 per year. '

The Pill The Pill also prevents long-term uterine cancer (uterine cancer) but increases the incidence of breast cancer and cervical cancer in a short time. The co-author of the study, Richard Peto, a professor of epidemiology at Oxford University, said: "Young women don't need to worry about the cancer they get when they take The Pill because of the reduced effect. Its ovarian cancer is greater than any small increase in other cancers that may follow. '

Young women mostly take The Pill for the purpose of contraception. Although there are certain health-related problems that occur with users, the effectiveness of preventing this ovarian cancer has overwhelmed all of these problems as it is one of the The most dangerous cancers. The study was carried out by scientists at Oxford University along with collaborative research groups on ovarian cancer (including 120 researchers worldwide). The study was funded by the British Research Center and the Medical Research Council.