Talc powder and ovarian cancer: what is the evidence?

Autor: Micha JP; Women's Cancer Research Foundation, 699 Diamond Street, Laguna Beach, CA, USA., Rettenmaier MA; Women's Cancer Research Foundation, 699 Diamond Street, Laguna Beach, CA, USA., Bohart R; Oso Home Care, Inc., Irvine, CA, USA., Goldstein BH; Women's Cancer Research Foundation, 699 Diamond Street, Laguna Beach, CA, USA. bram@womenscancerfoundation.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics [Arch Gynecol Obstet] 2022 Oct; Vol. 306 (4), pp. 931-933.
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-022-06539-8
Abstrakt: Talc is a desiccant that has been historically used as baby powder by numerous women to enhance their feminine hygiene. Talc has been identified in proximity to asbestos; accordingly, retrospective and case-control studies have implicated the role of talc use in the development of ovarian cancer, whereas prospective evaluations have not documented concordant findings. Moreover, the positive associations derived from case-control studies have been remote and the putative causal factors remain inconclusive. Consequently, one should be circumspect regarding the assertion that genital talc powder application induces ovarian cancer development.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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