TRENDS IN MORTALITY FROM PRIMARY LIVER-CANCER IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1975-92 - INFLUENCE OF ORAL-CONTRACEPTIVES

Authors
MANT JWF VESSEY MP
Citation
Jwf. Mant et Mp. Vessey, TRENDS IN MORTALITY FROM PRIMARY LIVER-CANCER IN ENGLAND AND WALES 1975-92 - INFLUENCE OF ORAL-CONTRACEPTIVES, British Journal of Cancer, 72(3), 1995, pp. 800-803
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
British Journal of Cancer → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070920
Volume
72
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
800 - 803
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0920(1995)72:3<800:TIMFPL>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Numerous case-control studies have suggested a link between the oral c ontraceptive pill and liver cancer. The secular trends in liver cancer mortality rates for England and Wales from 1975 to 1992 were examined to determine whether an effect of the pill was apparent. Liver cancer mortality has remained constant in women in the age groups that have had major exposure to the pill.