Objective To examine the absolute risks or benefits on cancer associated with oral
contraception, using incident data. Design Inception cohort study. Setting Royal College of
General Practitioners9 oral contraception study. Participants Directly standardised data from
the Royal College of General Practitioners9 oral contraception study. Main outcome
measures Adjusted relative risks between never and ever users of oral contraceptives for
different types of cancer, main gynaecological cancers combined, and any cancer …

… The oral contraceptive (OC) pill remains one of the most popular means of contraception
worldwide. Previously, recent OC use had been shown to be associated with a slightly higher
breast cancer incidence amongst younger women.However, the Royal College of General
Practitioners’ oral contraception study contradicts these findings. It showed no difference in the …