Oral Contraceptives and BRCA Cancer: A Balancing Act

Joanne Kotsopoulos^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Joanne Kotsopoulos. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 11;114(4):483-484.

doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac006.

Joanne Kotsopoulos^{1

2}

¹ Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Comment on

Oral Contraceptive Use in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: Absolute Cancer Risks and Benefits.
Schrijver LH, Mooij TM, Pijpe A, Sonke GS, Mourits MJE, Andrieu N, Antoniou AC, Easton DF, Engel C, Goldgar D, John EM, Kast K, Milne RL, Olsson H, Phillips KA, Terry MB, Hopper JL, van Leeuwen FE, Rookus MA. Schrijver LH, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 Apr 11;114(4):540-552. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac004. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022. PMID: 35048954 Free PMC article.

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