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Researchers have identified nearly 200 chemicals used to make food packaging that could possibly increase the risk of breast cancer.. Found in plastics and paper, some of the potential mammary ...
As a new study identifies nearly 200 chemicals in food packaging that may increase the likelihood of breast cancer, experts share tips on what people can do to reduce their exposure.
Cancer-causing chemicals are in food storage products and can leach into the human body, a new study says.
Breast cancer predominantly affects women; less than 1% of those with breast cancer are men. [158] Women can develop breast cancer as early as adolescence, but risk increases with age, and 75% of cases are in women over 50 years old. [158] The risk over a woman's lifetime is approximately 1.5% at age 40, 3% at age 50, and more than 4% risk at ...
In developed countries, about 99% of breast cancer cases are diagnosed in female patients; in a few African countries, which represent the highest incidence of male breast cancer, males account for 5–15% of cases. [4] The rate of male breast cancer appears to be rising somewhat. [9] Male breast cancer patients tend to be older than female ...
Increased risk of breast cancer is associated with persistently elevated blood levels of estrogen. [45] Estrogen appears to contribute to breast carcinogenesis by three processes; (1) the metabolism of estrogen to genotoxic, mutagenic carcinogens , (2) the stimulation of tissue growth, and (3) the repression of phase II detoxification enzymes ...
Xenoestrogens are a type of xenohormone that imitates estrogen.They can be either synthetic or natural chemical compounds.Synthetic xenoestrogens include some widely used industrial compounds, such as PCBs, BPA, and phthalates, which have estrogenic effects on a living organism even though they differ chemically from the estrogenic substances produced internally by the endocrine system of any ...
How levonorgestrel-releasing IUDs can affect breast cancer risk. For this study, researchers analyzed data from more than 78,000 Danish first-time users of LNG-IUSs between the ages of 15 and 49 ...