Regarding, Holy Hormones: Whatever may this study mean? How might exogenous administration of hormones cause brain cancer? Frightening thought as to how this might occur, isnt it? All were aged 15 to 49, and therefore young enough to be using contraceptives. Women who had ever used an oral contraceptive or hormone-releasing intra-uterine device (IUD), or coil, were 50 per cent more likely to develop brain cancer than those who had not. The difference in risk increased to 90 per cent, just under double, for women who had used one of the contraceptives for five years or more. Progestagen-only contraceptives were most strongly associated with glioma, raising the risk almost three-fold. In terms of cancer type, the risk was greatest for gliobastoma multiforme, the most aggressive type of primary brain tumour. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2920355/Taking-Pill-increase-risk-brain-cancer.html#ixzz3PWot9F4N Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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