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...rate of breast cancer in women 30 to 34 who were former pill users was three times as high as in those who had not taken the drug...
...Childless women who started menstruating before age 13 and had been on the Pill for eight to eleven years were nearly three times as likely to develop breast cancer as comparable women who had not used oral contraceptives...
...Women who took the Pill for more than ten years tripled their risk of developing breast cancer...
Though unsettling, these studies are far from conclusive. They contradict about 30 previous surveys, nearly all of which indicated that the Pill is safe. Last week an advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration met to review the handful of studies suggesting otherwise. The panel's conclusion: the evidence is too weak to warrant a change in pill use or a new warning label. But the group admitted that the issue is not settled and called for further research...
Some consumer advocates think women should be warned that the safety of oral contraceptives is in question. "It's not clear the Pill is not associated with breast cancer," contended Judy Norsigian of Boston's Women's Health Book Collective. But most scientists, including those who conducted the disturbing studies, backed the FDA's stance. Said Bruce Stadel, an agency epidemiologist: "The findings are inconsistent and difficult to reconcile with biological plausibility...