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Researchers have reported in the International Journal of Cancer that Oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices (IUD) may offer protection against endometrial cancer.
As part of their investigation, the team conducted a study on 1,204 women from Shanghai who were recently diagnosed with endometrial cancer and 1,212 healthy women. Nearly 223 of cancer patients and 302 women from the healthy group had used an oral contraceptive. There was a comparative study undertaken where the healthy women ...