No link between hair relaxers and breast cancer.
Hair relaxers are used by millions of black women, often over many
years. Researchers from Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. and Howard University Howard University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; with federal support. It was founded in 1867 by Gen. Oliver O. Howard of the Freedmen's Bureau, to provide education for newly emancipated slaves. A normal and preparatory department was opened the same year. studied
the use of these products to determine if they may play a part in why
breast cancer incidence is higher among young black women than young
white women. An article in the May 2007 issue of Cancer Epidemiology epidemiology, field of medicine concerned with the study of epidemics, outbreaks of disease that affect large numbers of people. Epidemiologists, using sophisticated statistical analyses, field investigations, and complex laboratory techniques, investigate the cause ,
Biomarkers & Prevention reports no increase in breast cancer risk
among women who use hair relaxers, even those who had used them
frequently and for long periods of time. The study is the first to
assess hair relaxers as a potential contributor to cancer.
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