Deaths from ovarian cancer decline worldwide due to oral contraceptive use

(European Society for Medical Oncology) Deaths from ovarian cancer fell worldwide between 2002 and 2012 and are predicted to continue to decline in the USA, European Union and, though to a smaller degree, in Japan by 2020, according to new research published in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology. The main reason is the use of oral contraceptives and the long-term protection against ovarian cancer that they provide.

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