Studies are suggesting that women who take the Pill for over ten years half their risk of getting ovarian cancer.

BBC News - Pill 'lowers ovarian cancer risk'

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Like saying "It'll prevent you from getting punched in the face, but the chances of getting kicked in the face go up."...

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Not really, because the breast cancer risk is quite low for women of reproductive age (and really low for women under 35- and many ob/gyns don't recommend that women over 35 take the pill, as other contraceptive methods are safer for them).
Taking the pill does not increase one's lifetime breast cancer risk, only one's risk while one is actually on the pill, which is quite minimal.

However, it does offer lifetime protection against ovarian cancer.
Furthermore, a great many women survive breast cancer, but very few survive ovarian cancer. It's a far more deadly disease, statistically speaking.

Then why are there so many "Breast Cancer Awareness" causes and I don't see anything on "Ovarian Cancer Awareness"?...Is this misplaced?...

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because saving the tatas is a much worthier cause

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When was the last time you heard: "Check out the ovaries on her!!!"

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That's a pretty disingenuous question.
For one thing, there is no reliable or routine screening for ovarian cancer, nor does it have any overt symptoms until it is far advanced; therefore, "awareness" is moot.
For another, it almost exclusively strikes women beyond the age of menopause, ergo it is not "sexy". Nobody's all that concerned about a disease that mostly attacks women in their 70s, however deadly.
Nevertheless, most women survive breast cancer, and most do not survive ovarian cancer.
And while breast cancer can strike younger women, it's more common that it strikes after menopause. It is more common than ovarian cancer... but also far more survivable.
Of course, whether or not one survives any cancer is dependent upon a number of factors, including how aggressive a type of cancer it is (there are various types of breast cancer, and also various types of ovarian cancer) and also what stage it is diagnosed at. Breast cancer is often diagnosed at an early stage, either through mammograms or through self-detection, while ovarian cancer, which is virtually symptomless in the early stages, is rarely diagnosed before it becomes metastatic and therefore probably fatal.

I think women are more afraid of breast cancer- and therefore more willing to contribute to the cause- because they fear the visible disfiguration which often goes along with it.

Just because I didn't know that "there is no reliable or routine screening for ovarian cancer" or that I didn't know that "it almost exclusively strikes women beyond the age of menopause" doesn't make my question disingenuous...

It makes my question one of honesty because I didn't know these facts...

So please....Pretty, pretty please...Excuse my ignorance on women's heath issues...I should've been totally knowledgeable in this field before I ask questions lest I get called "disingenuous"...I promise to be more accomadating in the future...

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