Use of oral contraceptives increases the risk of which cancer –
Correct Answer: Breast
Description: Ans. is 'c' i.e., breast * Important adverse effects of OCPs are: (1) Nausea, vomiting, headache (worsening of migraine), (2) breakthrough bleeding, (3) mastalgia, (4) weight gain, (5) acne and hirsutism, (6) cholasma and pruritis, (7) carbohydrate intolerance, (8) leg vein and pulmonary thrombosis, (9) coronary and cerebral thrombosis (MI & stroke), (10) hypertension, (11) increased risk of breast and cervical carcinoma, (12) benign hepatoma, (13) gall stones, (14) precipitation of acute intermittent porphyria.
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