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You did not. Some breast cancers are highly responsive to hormones. One of the ways these are treated is by altering the production of certain sex hormones.
by rimunroe 3y ago
You did not. Some breast cancers are highly responsive to hormones. One of the ways these are treated is by altering the production of certain sex hormones.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoHormone therapy is fairly common for shrinking the cancer tumors prior to surgery or chemo, and also for post-treatment to reduce the chances of the cancer coming back. Birth control pills target those same hormones, and thus there can be unforeseen or dangerous interactions. The cancer warning in this post strikes me as the usual "do not take X if you're taking Y" warning they do in drug ads on TV in the US. Like when they used to show ads for SSRIs, they usually had a "Do not take $DrugName if you are already taking a MAOI"