Abortion Awareness Blog: Abortion does not increase breast cancer risk

Abortion Awareness Blog

This blog was created in order to raise the awareness and fight all ignorance and superstitions related to Abortions. Currently I'm collecting every piece of information I can find regarding this subject, and put it here with reference to the origin. I believe that this information is valuable to all members of society no matter which side of the abortion issue they find themselves. Please comment and spread it to people that may find this interesting.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Abortion does not increase breast cancer risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Abortion does not affect the risk of breast cancer, according to study findings published in the International Journal of Cancer. "It is well established that pregnancies that end in a full-term birth ultimately confer a protective effect on breast cancer risk," Dr. Gillian K. Reeves, of the University of Oxford, UK, and colleagues write. "The effect of incomplete pregnancies on the risk of breast cancer has been less clear." The researchers therefore examined the role of abortion on breast cancer risk among 267,361 women enrolled in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition between 1992 and 2000. The data came from 20 centers across nine countries. The women were followed for an average of 6.6 years.

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1 Comments:

Pink Ribbon said...: Breast cancer is something that we have to constantly be on the lookout for. It afflicts over a million people a year and there are different forms of cancer that come up. Every year we are familiar with breast cancer awareness month, but there are ways to help fight the cause of breast cancer all year ‘round.; 10:58 PM