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Practice Editing Here (Nov 23rd in-class Wiki session work)

 * This is a place to practice clicking the "edit" button and practice adding references (via the citation button).
 * Editing the Combined oral contraceptive pill article
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Assignment # 3

 * Note: You will be emailing your assignment # 3 directly to your tutor, however, please paste a version here that excludes your personal information. This will allow us to support your efforts on Wikipedia prior to editing "live" in the article.
 * Article: Combined oral contraceptive pill Proposed Changes  In the section “Side Effects”, subsection “Common”, there is a sentence that states “Use of oral contraceptives also reduces lifetime risk of ovarian cancer.” I propose to make a simple edit to this sentence by adding that use of combined oral contraceptives also reduces a woman’s lifetime risk of endometrial cancer. The final sentence would be “Use of oral contraceptives also reduces lifetime risk of ovarian and endometrial cancer.”  Rationale for Proposed Change  The use of combined oral contraceptive pills and its protective effect in reducing one’s risk of developing endometrial cancer is a well-studied topic. A well-conducted systematic review from France in 2018 confirmed that the use of combined oral contraceptives reduces a woman’s risk of developing endometrial cancer (Pragout, 2018). Position statements from major health organizations such as the National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Health also affirm this relationship. Thus, it makes logical sense for this information to be included in a sentence that discusses decreased cancer risk.  Pragout D, Laurence V, Baffet H, Raccah-Tebeka B, Rousset-Jablonski C. Contraception et cancer. RPC Contraception CNGOF [Contraception and cancer: CNGOF Contraception Guidelines]. Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol. 2018 Dec;46(12):834-844. French. doi: 10.1016/j.gofs.2018.10.010. Epub 2018 Oct 29. PMID: 30385358.   Potential Controversies  A potential argument against this change is that reduced risk of endometrial cancer is discussed elsewhere in the Wikipedia article (Section: Side Effects, Sub-section: Cancer, Sub-section: Protective Effects) and therefore there is no need to include it again. However, I would argue that majority of people who use Wikipedia do not read the entire article and this information should be placed where it is logically flows, particularly as this is the “Common” side effects section which shows up earlier than the “Cancer” section.  Critique of Source  As with all sources, there is a potential for bias that affects the internal and external validity of the research. In particular, although the systematic review I linked above had a well written abstract with results that were easily understood, I could not get access to the full translated paper. This means that I could not assess their inclusion/exclusion criteria or the quality of the primary studies they used, which could alter the study’s internal validity. However, this would not impact my planned change to the Wikipedia article because this topic is well-studied; there is a general consensus in the scientific community that combined OCPs reduce the risk of endometrial cancer. I managed to find many supporting resources (e.g. health organizations, cancer organizations, other systematic reviews) that echoed the statements made in the Pragout review (which were not chosen for other reasons such as being published more than 5 years ago).

What to post on the Wikipedia article talk page?

 * This will also be covered on Nov 23rd in class. Your group should use the below template to share an outline of your proposed improvements (including your new wording and citations). Article talk pages are not places to share your assignment answers. The Wikipedia community will be more interested in viewing your exact article improvement suggestions including where you plan to improve the article (which section), what wording you suggest, and the exact citation (Note: all citations must meet WP:MEDRS)
 * You will not be able to paste citations directly from your sandbox to talk pages (unless you are interested in editing/learning Wiki-code in the "source editing" mode). We suggest re-adding your citations on the talk page manually (using the cite button and populating the citation by pasting in the DOI, website, or PMID). You will have to repeat this process yet again when you edit the actual article live.
 * Talk Page Template: CARL Medical Editing Initiative/Fall 2020/Talk Page Template