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Hormonal birth control pills carry small breast cancer risk, according to new study

Researchers at the University of Oxford, UK, have found that use of all hormonal contraceptives is linked to a small increase in the risk of breast cancer. The researchers noted that the overall risk remains low.

The findings of the study were published in the journal PLOS Medicine.

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