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I am currently taking microgestin 21 1.5-30 as a birth control pill. will the 30 mcg content of estrogen increase a risk of breast cancer?
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Risks: of breast cancer include age, family history, history of tobacco abuse and unopposed estrogen therapy, the last of which is only a negligible increase in risk. So, an increase in risk is unlikely
Answered 9/29/2016
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