> Opill should not be used by those who have or have ever had breast cancer. Consumers who have any other form of cancer should ask a doctor before use. Opill also should not be used together with another hormonal birth control product such as another oral contraceptive tablet, a vaginal ring, a contraceptive patch, a contraceptive implant, a contraceptive injection or an IUD (intra-uterine device).

you did not read this right at all.

> Consumers who have any other form of cancer should ask a doctor before use.

I wonder why?

> I wonder why?

Yes, I also wonder why you'd take that to mean it caused cancer.

The thing you quoted doesn't indicate anything about it causing cancer. It says people with a certain medical condition shouldn't take it. Hormones can influence how fast certain cells get replicated, and it's important to not encourage cancer cells to replicate even more.

It's because cancer treatment fucks you up, big time, permanently, and a lot of your healthcare thereafter is going to need to be changed to accomodate it.

This is a big part of it. Most cancer treatment is literally "we're going to get as absolutely close to killing you as we can, and then stop at the last second, over and over and over again, and hopefully get you into remission."

You can't do that and then turn around take drugs that mess with your hormones and expect everything to be totally fine without even a single conversation with a physician.

You did not. Some breast cancers are highly responsive to hormones. One of the ways these are treated is by altering the production of certain sex hormones.

Hormone therapy is fairly common for shrinking the cancer tumors prior to surgery or chemo, and also for post-treatment to reduce the chances of the cancer coming back. Birth control pills target those same hormones, and thus there can be unforeseen or dangerous interactions.

The cancer warning in this post strikes me as the usual "do not take X if you're taking Y" warning they do in drug ads on TV in the US. Like when they used to show ads for SSRIs, they usually had a "Do not take $DrugName if you are already taking a MAOI"

Yes it can. It does cause an elevated risk in some people.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7156851/

This is dangerous. While it gives people more access to contraceptives, someone should absolutely see a doctor first before beginning hormone therapy.

That is ridiculous. It's not like a doctor properly screens you for cancer before prescribing BCP. It's all about gatekeeping. It's not about health.

No, but maybe blood clots: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025417/

Interesting never knew they had an ascribed mechanism in place. I like how the article funneled in from the generic physical causes MECHANISMS OF VENOUS THROMBOSIS to the particular HORMONE-INDUCED THROMBOTIC STATE, that was a great transition.

No, you definitely did not read that right.