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From: "gonneke van veldhuizen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] breastfeeding and reduced cancer risk


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> I know that my gyneacologist explained that there was never a medical 
> reason to build in a stop-week with contraception pills, but that it 
> seemed in the early days that women didn't want to loose their periods 
> (feeling less feminin or somthing like that)>
> He explained that actually it was better not to stop and not to 
> menstruate, because that would be a protecting factor for several female 
> cancers.

**Could it be, that there is a difference in cancer reduction when caused by 
natural hormonal states as compared to chemically altered hormonal 
states...?

Kindly,

Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands

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