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The Guardian - UK
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Ian Sample Science editor

Hormone medication could increase risk of brain tumours, French study finds

A person holding a pack of pills
Progestogens are similar to the natural hormone progesterone. Photograph: Rattankun Thongbun/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Millions of women around the world who use certain hormone drugs for contraception and to manage conditions such as endometriosis may have a raised risk of rare, usually benign, brain tumours, researchers say.

Scientists found that prolonged use of certain progestogen medications was linked to a greater risk of meningioma, which are tumours (usually noncancerous) that form in tissues around the brain.

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