Pain, gloom, and hopelessness are some of the circumstances that most cancer patients face. It is a disease that has brought grim circumstances on the victims.
But for women who are on contraceptive pills, there are frail shades of hope following the research study from the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom.
The UK-based study revealed that women who have been on contraceptive pills can be protected from some cancers for as long as 30 years.
It is a research finding that was backed by the oral contraception study, an entity that was founded by the Royal College of Practitioners way back in 1968.
It has since been published by various professional academic bodies such as the University of Aberdeen and the US National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health early 2017.
“Most women who choose to use oral contraceptives do not expose themselves to long-term cancer harms; instead, with some cancers, many women benefit from important reductions of risk that persist for many years after stopping,” the study reads in part as published by PubMed.
Ovarian and colorectal cancers are some of the problems that the pills are said to be minimising.
This comes after analysing over 46, 000 women on contraceptive pills for 44 years. According to the study, of all the women who were examined; only 2 developed cancers.
Researchers had earlier set out their goal to determine the possible negative and positive health-related- consequences of using contraceptive pills over a period of time.
And on the flipside, the study may have given the least expected outcome that may relieve health care sectors.
Kenya Cancer Network reveals that women are the most affected by cancers. Breast cancer accounts for 34 cases out of 100,000 deaths, while cervical cancers contribute to 25 deaths out of 100,000.
