IUDs can reduce the risk of a woman being affected by ovaries cancer

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27 December 2019, 14:38(6 years ago)

Women using intrauteria (IUD) as a means of contraceptives can have a lower risk of ovarian cancer, a new study says. Researchers found that IUDs can reduce the risk of being affected by this type of cancer by up to 32 percent. Moreover, the benefits are related to the fact that women chose [...]

Women using intrauteria (IUD) as a means of contraceptives can have a lower risk of ovarian cancer, a new study says.

Researchers found that IUDs can reduce the risk of being affected by this type of cancer by up to 32 percent.

Furthermore, the benefits relate to whether women chose hormonal or non-hormonal IUDs.

The team, from Colorado University, says doctors should consider risk of cancer when recommending IUDs or other contraceptives for their patients

ovaries cancer occurs when the disease comes from cells inside and around the ovaries.

Symptoms include constant stomach pain and swelling, urnation, frequent urination, and rapid sense of fulfillment.

In most cases, ovary cancer affects women over the age of 50 or women after menopausis.

Cancer has been called “the silent killer”, because, in 80 percent of the cases, it is diagnosed at an advanced stage when it has already spread to other parts of the body.

However, if caught at an early stage, women have more than 90 percent of their chances of survival.

It is estimated that more than 22,000 women will be diagnosed with Hawaiian cancer in 2019, and about 14,000 will die.

ovarian cancer ranks fifth in women's cancer deaths and causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system.

Researchers found that women using hormonal or non-hormonal IUDs could reduce the risk of suffering cancer from 15 percent to 32 percent.

After some tests, the team believes that the danger decreases because the IUD lowers the high levels of estrogen, the hormone that has shown to increase the risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer.

Many types of IUDs have hormones on them and show anti-estrogenic effects that can help women who are at high risk for ovaries and uterus cancers”, said Dr. Saketh Guntupall, associate professor of gynecology at Colorado University.

The second reason was that all different types of IUDs... bring inflammatory local effects. Imune cells grow and are thought to stop the risk of cancer. )

Further research will focus on certain types of IUD, but the authors say the findings are convincing.