Women who use birth-control pills are less likely to develop ovarian cancer later in life, a new analysis of past studies suggests. However, the review paper can’t prove that using oral contraception lowers a woman’s risk of disease – because there could have been other, unmeasured differences between women who took the Pill and those who didn’t, researchers noted. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Havrilesky LJ, et al. Oral Contraceptive Pills as Primary Prevention for Ovarian Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23743450
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