The Pill and Cancer Risk

Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk
Oral contraceptives (OCs) first became available to American women in the early 1960s. A correlation between estrogen and increased risk of breast cancer has sparked continuing controversy about a possible link between oral contraceptives and cancer. However, in spite of this concern, the convenience, effectiveness, and reversibility of action of birth control pills (which are popularly known as "the pill") makes them the most popular form of birth control in the United States.