Breast Cancer and Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine Systems

Mathilde Marie Brünnich Sloth; Terese Sara Høj Jørgensen; Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

doi:10.1001/jama.2024.27798

Breast Cancer and Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine Systems

Mathilde Marie Brünnich Sloth, Terese Sara Høj Jørgensen, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

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Abstract

To the Editor We are concerned that some of the methodological approaches in a recent study1 linking use of LNG-IUSs to increased risk of breast cancer may lead to spurious associations and limit the generalizability of the results outside of the selected subpopulation in the study.

Original language	English
Journal	JAMA
Volume	333
Issue number	13
Pages (from-to)	1176-1177
Number of pages	1
ISSN	0098-7484
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2024.27798
Publication status	Published - 2025

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