Breast Cancer

 

At one time, it was thought birth control pills (BCP’s) actually helped decrease a woman’s chance of getting breast cancer.  Just the opposite: Adding to the long list of women’s health problems that have turned out to be caused by BCP’s, that is no longer true.  Mainstream  medicine has thoroughly proven the Pill increases the risk of breast cancer.

 

Over the decades, numerous studies have set out to determine whether BCP’s influenced the risk of this particular cancer.  For every study that showed a tiny risk decrease, another study would contradict it.

 

 

Women’s Health Initiative Proves Cancer Risk

 

It wasn’t until clinical trials from the Women’s Health Initiative were released in 2002 that the concern for breast cancer risk really started to raise some serious questions.  In that study, traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was conclusively shown to increase the risk of breast cancer.

 

 

Mayo Clinic Concludes BCP’s Increase Risk of Breast Cancer

 

Finally, in October of 2006, the Mayo Clinic announced in the their publication the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, the conclusion from 34 different studies that:

 

 “Use of oral contraceptives is associated with an increased risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer, especially with use before FTTP (first full term pregnancy) in parous women (women who have given birth).”

 

 

Taking Oral Contraceptives For Even A Short Time Is Deadly

 

Another section of this same Mayo Clinic article was their startling observation that it didn’t make any difference how long you took BCP’s.  The risk of getting breast cancer wasn’t dependent on how long a person was on the Pill.

 

This means even very short term users of the Pill had the same chances of developing breast cancer as those taking it for a long time.  Any exposure for any length of time to BCP’s increases your risk of getting breast cancer.

 

 

Younger Women Getting Breast Cancer from BCP’s

 

It gets even worse.  The breast cancer that the Mayo Clinic is referring to is the kind you get before you reach menopause - the 30 – 45 year old age group.

 

Finally, the Mayo Clinic concluded women who took BCP’s before their first full term pregnancy had the highest risk of all.  In other words, this means very young women and girls taking BCP’s, even for short periods of time, are at the highest risk of breast cancer than all other groups.

 

 

Breast Cancer Rate is Exploding

 

Breast cancer rates in the USA are on the increase.  Before 1970, about 1 in 12 women developed breast cancer.  During the early 1980’s that figure increased to 1 woman in 10.  By the late 1980’s, it worsened to 1 woman in 8 getting breast cancer.  Now that figure has swelled to 1 in 6 – double that of just 35 years ago.

 

Why are breast cancer rates rising so quickly at the same time other cancer rates are actually decreasing? The single biggest change comes from women’s exposure in the last half century to artificial hormones:  Birth control pills and Hormone Replacement Therapy.   Both are basically variations on the same theme:  Synthetic substances chemically altered to mimic the body’s natural hormones.