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→Interesting list of risk factors...
:Well, it ''has'' been demonstrated (an example [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1917-delaying-childbirth-increases-breast-cancer-risk.html here]) that childbirth reduces the risk of breast cancer, so... if you are pregnant, technically speaking an abortion ''does'' in fact raise your relative risk. [[User:Feebasfactor|Feebasfactor]] 13:21, 8 March 2008 (EST)
:Well, it ''has'' been demonstrated (an example [http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1917-delaying-childbirth-increases-breast-cancer-risk.html here]) that childbirth reduces the risk of breast cancer, so... if you are pregnant, technically speaking an abortion ''does'' in fact raise your relative risk. [[User:Feebasfactor|Feebasfactor]] 13:21, 8 March 2008 (EST)
::I guess what we're looking at then is [[placement bias]]: it's not actually a risk of ''abortion'', it's a risk of ''not having children!'' How odd that someone would deliberately confound the two, though.-'''<font color="#CC0000">α</font><font color="#A0A0A0">m</font><font color="#0099FF">ε</font><font color="#003399">σ</font>''' <small>[[User_talk:AmesG | (advocate)]]</small> 13:55, 8 March 2008 (EST)
::I guess what we're looking at then is [[placement bias]]: it's not actually a risk of ''abortion'', it's a risk of ''not having children!'' How odd that someone would deliberately confound the two, though.-'''<font color="#CC0000">α</font><font color="#A0A0A0">m</font><font color="#0099FF">ε</font><font color="#003399">σ</font>''' <small>[[User_talk:AmesG | (advocate)]]</small> 13:55, 8 March 2008 (EST)
:::Correct me if I'm wrong, does that not mean, then, by the same reasoning, abstinence also increases your risk of breast cancer? Does this mean that, medically, if you're female, you should be as promiscuous as possible, never use contraception, never have an abortion and try not to have a miscarriage in order to reduce your risk of breast cancer by the maximum degree? [[User:Urushnor|Urushnor]] 15:17, 29 April 2008 (EDT)