"We've known for a while that estrogen and progestin birth control pills, oral contraceptives, have a slightly increased risk of breast cancer," Dr. Jennifer Ashton, a board-certified OB-GYN and ...

Most, if not all, forms of hormonal birth control, from pills to implants to intrauterine devices (IUDs), increase the risk of developing breast cancer, a new study suggests. It was known that ...

Birth control pills containing both estrogen and progestogen are known to slightly elevate one's risk of breast cancer. The same is true of IUDs, new research shows. IE 11 is not supported.

But the new study found no difference in increased breast-cancer risk between different methods of progestin-only birth control—such as pills vs. IUDs—which means that the hormones in an IUD ...

Dr. Jones: Today we're going to talk about hormonal birth control and the risk of breast cancer. Primarily, we'll talk about birth control pills, but we'll also talk about hormonal patches, shots, ...

The use of all kinds of hormonal birth control — including progestogen-only contraceptives — is associated with a slight increase in the risk of breast cancer, a new study says.

Birth control pills containing both estrogen and progestogen are known to slightly elevate one’s risk of breast cancer. The same is true of IUDs, new research shows. IE 11 is not supported.

Pills, patches, implants, and injections — the various forms of hormonal birth control have different formulations and doses of estrogen, progestin, or both. One might think, then, that they may ...

Women who use a hormone-releasing intrauterine device, or IUD, face around the same risk of breast cancer as women who take hormonal birth control pills, according to a new study.. The study ...

They found a relative increase of 20 to 30 percent in breast cancer risk with combined birth control (which also contain estrogen in addition to progestagen) and progestagen-only contraceptives.

Both progestin-only and combined hormonal birth control slightly raises the chances of getting breast cancer, a new study with the University of Oxford found, but the overall risk remains low. The ...