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Re: This is what I heard yesterday about b/c pill and cervical cancer.-answer to Kristy and others
From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 6 Apr 2003 10:30:49 -0500 (CDT)
Dessi
No doubt the pill leaves the transformation zone of the cervix more
exposed,and thus more at risk for exposure to hpv.
At Sun, 6 Apr 2003, dessi wrote:
>
>Kristy,
>
>I heard about it on the radio while I was driving home from work. I
>have history of Cervical Problems and HPV so I have read so much about
>it sometimes too much for my own good. One thing I know for sure not
>even one doctor I have talk to have been 100% in his her comments and
>conclusions there are to many different possibilities so their answers
>have always been “yes may be, we can not say for sure”. Two possible
>reasons: one b/c women intent to have less protected sex and with more
>partners thus increasing their chances of transmitting HPV. Another
>reason is that the steroids in the pill may stimulate HPV proteins. I
>have read that in book called “What your Doctor may not tell you about
>HPV and Abnormal Pap Smears”. The decision is all up to each woman to
>decide for me even that small chance is enough to put me off and not to
>use Oral contraceptive use.
>Would be nice to hear common from Doctors about that!
>
>Cheers
>
>At Fri, 4 Apr 2003, HTH wrote:
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>>I did read this and wondered if there was a connection between women who
>>were on the pill for 10 years and the amount of sexual partners they had
>>during that time?? You know, was the risk increased if the women on the
>>pill for 10 years had 1 sex partner? Think about the women on "Sex and
>>the City"-- how many sexual partners do you think they have had over 10
>>years?? Isn't a lot of sexual partners related to an increased risk of
>>cervical cancer? So is it the pill that increases the risk, or the
>>assumed high number of sexual partners while on the pill?
>>
>>Any answers?
>>
>>--
>>HTH
>>
>>At Fri, 4 Apr 2003, dessi wrote:
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>>>New research has shown that 10 years of being on a pill makes you twice
>>>as likely to develop cervical cancer.
>>>I have known that they is a connection but not with that certainties and
>>>that other factors need to be present but still it is quite significant.
>>>
>>>Has anyone heard or read more about it?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Dessi
>>>
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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
Chairman, Editorial Advisory Board
Pregnancy and Birth Section
Private Practice
New Orleans, La.
*Please understand I can not respond to private emails.
*These comments are for educational purposes only. They are
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