Corel Medical Series: Cancer/Corel Medical Series: Cancer.iso/mac/Program/c44.dxr/00033_Field_SRC.c44.C.3.txt

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The use of birth control pills decreases the risk of developing endometrial cancer by half.

At Significantly Higher Risk
• Postmenopausal women.
• Menopause after age 52 (2.4 times as likely).
• Lack of children (twice as likely).
• Women with hypertension (twice as likely).
• Diabetics (2.8 times as likely).
• Women who do not ovulate, in other words those with polycystic ovaries (Stein-Leventhal syndrome).
• Estrogen replacement therapy without supplemental progesterone (seven times as likely).
• History of pelvic radiation therapy (eight times as likely).
• Obesity greater than 23 kg (50 pounds) over ideal body weight (10 times as likely).