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Talc powder and ovarian cancer: what is the evidence?
John P Micha1, Mark A Rettenmaier1, Randy Bohart2
1Women's Cancer Research Foundation, 699 Diamond Street, Laguna Beach, CA, USA.
Abstract:
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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