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...contrast to the findings for women over 40, the study showed that women under that age were twice as likely to contract ovarian cancer if they used the pill...
...study which appeared in the October 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine shows that the incidence of ovarian cancer among women between the ages of 40 and 99 who had previously used the pill was 11 percent loss than woman...
Harvard-affiliated doctors contacted yesterday said the finding will probably have few immediate results for public health, but might lead to a cure for public health, but might lead to a cure for ovarian and other cancers...
...overall finding, that use of oral contraceptives is linked to decreased incidence of ovarian cancer is important in understanding the mechanism involved in the carcinogenic process," said Dr. Walter C. Willett, assistant professor of Epidemiology in the School of Public Health yesterday. "As far as short-term benefits to general public health is concerned, it's not that important...
...Robert E. Scully, professor of Pathology and an author of the study agreed with Willett's assessment. "I don't think that the decrease in frequency of ovarian cancer in women over 40 is enough to say that oral contraceptives are a preventative--women are not going to use them for that reason," he said. "The findings," he remarked, "may lead to areas of investigation into the ideologic factors causing carcinoma...