Less Ovarian Cancer With The Pill

Women who take birth control pills are less likely to get ovarian cancer, a study has found. The risk is lower even many years after they stop taking the pills. Researchers used data on more than 23,000 women with ovarian cancer. They compared it with 87,000 cancer-free women. About one-third of each group took birth control pills. They used them for an average of five years. About 12 in 1,000 women get ovarian cancer before age 75. But only 8 per 1,000 women who took birth control pills got the disease. The Associated Press reported on the study January 25. It was in the journal Lancet.