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Table 2.

Studies of Contraceptive Use by Cancer Survivors

Author (year of publication)	Contraceptive Method	Population	Design and Outcomes	Findings
Trinh XB (2008) ⁴⁵	Levonorgestrel-IUD	Breast cancer survivors	Case control study of breast cancer recurrence	increased recurrence among women with a levonorgestrel-IUD at time of diagnosis
Kesim MD (2008)⁷¹	Levonorgestrel-IUD	Breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen	Cohort followed for 36 months for lipid and endometrial changes	Improvement of endometrium, no effect on lipids
Chan SS (2007) ³⁹	Levonorgestrel-IUD	Breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen	Cohort followed for 12 months for endometrial changes	Improvement of endometrium
Gardner FJ (2000)⁴⁰	Levonorgestrel-IUD	Breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen	Cohort followed for 12 months for endometrial changes	Improvement of endometrium
Kloke O (1999) ⁵⁷	Medroxy-progesterone acetate	Advanced breast cancer responding to induction chemotherapy	Randomized phase III trial of time to cancer progression and overall survival	Increased time to cancer progression, no effect on overall survival