A 30-year-old member asked:
Does pregnancy have an impact on my risk of uterine cancer?
4 doctor answers • 27 doctors weighed in
Dr. Eugene Louie-Nganswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 27 years experience
Yes: It seems that pregnancy decreases the risk of uterine cancer.
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Dr. Katherine Sutherlandanswered
Gynecology 44 years experience
Yes: Pregnancy and nursing can reduce the risk of uterine cancer. Other risk reducing strategies like maintaining a normal weight, eating a low-fat diet, exercise, and taking birth control pills are even more important.
6.5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
Dr. William Banks Hinshawanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 44 years experience
Yes: The good news is that having had a pregnancy reduces the lifetime risk of cancer of the uterine lining, called endometrial cancer.
6.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A Verified Doctoranswered
31 years experience
Yes: Yes it decreases your lifetime risk for uterine, breast and ovarian cancer.
6.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
Last updated Sep 28, 2016
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