Friday, February 10, 2012
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
The JAMA here, has the latest of a series of several studies which list among the main, or "predictive" risk factors for breast cancer in young women the following: Drinking too much alcohol. Uh ho. Daughters! Nota bene.
This study follows on earlier studies here and here, both from 2010, which found amoong other serious risk factors, these: Induced or multiple abortions. And these studies follow on earlier studies, here (2009) and here (2003,) which found oral contraception use was a risk factor for a subset of breast cancer (triple negative) and oral contraception was a serious risk factor in young women, respectively.
Whic brings my mind back to the Komen/Planned Parenthood non-scandal. If the raison d'être for Planned Parenthood is a serious risk factor, in two different ways, for breast cancer, why wouldn't Susan G. Komen pull its funding?
Which of the two is playing politics with women's health and lives?
This study follows on earlier studies here and here, both from 2010, which found amoong other serious risk factors, these: Induced or multiple abortions. And these studies follow on earlier studies, here (2009) and here (2003,) which found oral contraception use was a risk factor for a subset of breast cancer (triple negative) and oral contraception was a serious risk factor in young women, respectively.
Whic brings my mind back to the Komen/Planned Parenthood non-scandal. If the raison d'être for Planned Parenthood is a serious risk factor, in two different ways, for breast cancer, why wouldn't Susan G. Komen pull its funding?
Which of the two is playing politics with women's health and lives?
Labels: Susan G. Komen; Breast Cancer Risk Factors
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 2:48 PM 
