Breast Cancer and Deodorants/Antiperspirants: a Systematic Review.
Cent Eur J Public Health
; 24(3): 245-247, 2016 09.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27755864
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Over the last decade, the possible association between underarm deodorants/ antiperspirants use and breast cancer risk has raised important interest in the scientific community. The objective of our systematic review is to estimate the pooled risk of deodorants/antiperspirants use for breast cancer.METHODS:
All observational studies that evaluated the association between breast cancer risk and deodorants/antiperspirants use were reviewed. We have only identified two case-control studies, carried out between 2002 and 2006.RESULTS:
The first study was conducted in USA and investigated the possible relationship between use of products applied for underarm perspiration and the risk for breast cancer in women aged 20-74 years. This population-based case-control study gathered information by in-person interview. The second study was conducted in Iraq and investigated the possible relationship between use of antiperspirants and the risk for breast cancer in women attending a teaching hospital. This study also gathered information by in-person interview. There was no risk of antiperspirants use in the pooled risk (odds ratio 0.40, 95% confidence interval 0.35-0.46).CONCLUSION:
Our comprehensive search has identified an insufficient number of studies to conduct a quantitative review and obtain reliable results. Further prospective studies are strongly needed.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Deodorants
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Antiperspirants
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Systematic_reviews
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Cent Eur J Public Health
Journal subject:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain