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OuterLightness t1_jdnetvy wrote

How much does pregnancy affect risk of breast cancer?

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flaminate_strutching t1_jdnkz2a wrote

Pregnancy and breastfeeding both reduce breast cancer risks.

(and because I know this will be misinterpreted, I’m just stating fact. Idgaf if you ever have kids, I’d rather most people didn’t, and I agree that abortion should be legal)

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aiaaidan OP t1_jdnuoxs wrote

Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) is commonly defined as breast cancer diagnosed during or within one year after pregnancy, and it accounts for up to 6.9% of all breast cancers in women younger than 45 years old.

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JMYDoc t1_jdnw5wn wrote

It doesnt cause breast cancer. If a cancer is present when the patient is pregnant, it can make it grow or become clinically evident faster due to the elevated estrogen and progesterone during pregnancy.

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QueenKeecha t1_jdpfdu7 wrote

Not all ready cancers are hormone driven fyi

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JMYDoc t1_jdphpo4 wrote

Not entirely true. Ultimately all lobular and ductal cancers derive from hormone-positive normal cells. There are hormone negative tumors, but they develop negativeity after multiple generations. Such tumros tend to more often are found in older women, as well.

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lynx_and_nutmeg t1_jdqfyuf wrote

The risk of hormonal contraceptives shouldn't be measured against the risks of pregnancy, this would imply that you only have two choices, either taking hormonal contraceptives or getting pregnant. The risks should be measured against using condoms... They're the "default" birth control because they don't have any internal effects.

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JoHaSa t1_jdqhk6t wrote

The internal unwanted effect of condoms is pregnancy. Sometimes the risk is ok to take. Sometimes it is not.

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