Do hormonal contraceptives stimulate growth of neurofibromas? A survey on 59 NF1 patients

BMC Cancer

Table 1 A survey on 59 female NF1 patients practicing hormonal contraception

	No alteration in tumors behavior	Slightly increase in tumor size or/ and number	Significant tumor growth	Total
Estrogen/progestogen, oral	50^a	5		55^a
Pure progestogen, oral	3	0		3
Pure progestogen, depot			2^a	2^a

^aOne patient had received oral estrogen/progestogen until Dec. 2003, and then changed to depot pure progestogen.

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