A report stemming from a workshop sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Md., concludes that abortions don’t increase a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. This controversial issue was reviewed in late February during a meeting of clinicians, epidemiologists, and basic scientists who study how early reproductive events influence breast cancer risk. There’s a large body of evidence, for example, that young women have a reduced breast cancer risk if they’ve had a baby.
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