Cervical Cancer is often triggered by an HPV virus, so your risks increase the earlier in life you become sexually active, and the more sexual partners you have. In addition, use of steroids found in the pills, patches, and rings marketed as contraceptives also cause cervical cancer. Here are just a few quotes and links among many studies confirming this:
"Researchers from the International Agency on Cancer Research in Lyon, France, found that the risk increased by more than 50% after five years of oral contraceptive use, and more than doubled after 10 years."
"A study by the World Health Organization (WHO), published online (27Mar02) in theprestigious British medical journal, The Lancet, found that women who use the oral contraceptive pill for more than five years could triple their risk of developing cervical cancer."
"The relative risk of cervical cancer is increased in current users of oral contraceptives and declines after use ceases."
The LIES about Cervical Cancer:
What does the University of Virginia Health System do to warn their young female students about these risks?
Nothing.
That's bad for business.
Through their Peer Health Educators in coordination with Voices for Planned Parenthood, they encourage and promote early sexual activity among students.
They do not mention the cervical cancer risks of the steroids they sell at all. In fact, they market them as cancer inhibitors here.
