• Is it safe for a woman with cancer to take an emergency contraceptive pill?

My wife is suffering from breast cancer and is on her treatment currently. Yesterday she had an emergency contraceptive pill. Is it safe?

4 Answers

  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Kissimmee, FL

Talk to her oncologist.

  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Old Bridge, NJ

Yes.

  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Denton and Plano, Texas

From a radiation standpoint, yes. I don't think the contraceptive would interfere with chemotherapy, but I would ask her medical oncologist to be sure.

  • Radiation Oncologist
  • Beverly Hills, Florida

Contraceptive pills containing estrogen are controversial. Most breast cancers are estrogen and/or progesterone receptor positive. It is therefore prudent to avoid estrogen in any form.

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