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Lancet analysis of 53 studies claims no breast cancer link

Lancet paper found that pregnancies that end as a spontaneous or induced abortion do not increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.

The Lancet 2004

Beral V., Bull D., Doll R., Reeves G., Breast cancer and abortion: collaborative reanalysis of data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 83?000 women with breast cancer from 16 countries. Lancet, 2004 Mar 27;363(9414):1007-16.

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