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A study by British and French researchers has concluded that the use of the pill as a contraceptive may promote the development of cervical cancer. And it is that this drug does not prevent infection, during sexual intercourse, human papilloma virus like or bacteria like chlamydia, whose infection can lead to cancer.

This risk increases with the length of time that has consumed the pill. The women who have used oral contraceptives for less than five years have a 10% chance of having a tumor of the cervix, while those who have used five to nine years, the percentage may reach 60%.

Getting the vaccine to immunize against the human papilloma virus before starting a sexual activity could also seems to prevent or at least reduce the chances of contracting cervical cancer, according to recent studies.

Smoking and sex before age 18 and switch many different sexual partners is another cause of these tumors. If a man has intercourse with a woman with cervical cancer risk increases because they are more likely to have been infected with a virus.

In the case of cervical cancer, older age, having suffered hiperplapsia endometrial (uncontrolled growth of endometrial cells), hormone replacement therapy during menopause or after colorectal cancer are also risk factors. In addition, the results of the latest studies say that obese women are at greater risk and the white are more likely than those of African origin.

Certain aspects in the life of a person we can ‘tell’ the possibility of uterine cancer. These factors are:

1. – If you have close relatives (sister, mother, grandmother) with the same type of tumor, the odds of suffering. The greater the number of relatives with a cancer of this type the greater the risk. Cancers of the breast or colon cancer in relatives, or in his own person, are also related to the occurrence of ovarian cancer.
2. – The older women are more likely to develop ovarian cancer. The highest rate of ovarian cancers found in patients older than 50, peaking from los60.
3. Also, women who have never had children are more likely to develop ovarian cancer, in fact, is inverse relationship between the number of children and ovarian cancer.
4. – The fertility drugs and hormone replacement therapy is applied to control the symptoms of menopause, are also risk factors, although less so than before. It is currently being carried out several studies have confirmed this hypothesis for what is increasingly used more care in this class of drugs.
5. – Is vital to maintain healthy eating: there are studies that deal with the excess fat as a factor that increases the risk of uterine cancer and it is known that vitamin A helps prevent cervical cancer.

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