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Estrogen Mimic BPA Is Linked to Greater Difficulties with Inflammatory Breast Cancer

The endocrine disruptor BPA has now been linked to a more difficult prognosis for an aggressive type of breast cancer. A collaboration between the Environmental Protection Agency and two North Carolina universities used living cell assays to evaluate the impact of BPA.

Inflammatory breast cancer is estrogen-receptor negative, but exposure to the estrogen mimic BPA was nonetheless associated with more rapid growth of the cancerous cells. The cells were also more resistant to a chemotherapeutic agent, lapatinib, that is frequently used to treat this type of cancer. The investigators suggest that women diagnosed with this type of breast cancer might want to minimize their BPA exposure.

[International Society of Endocrinology, June 22, 2014]

From The People’s Pharmacy perspective, it makes sense to avoid BPA if possible not only when facing a cancer diagnosis, but at other times as well. You can find a radio show we did on this topic here

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About the Author
Terry Graedon, PhD, is a medical anthropologist and co-host of The People’s Pharmacy radio show, co-author of The People’s Pharmacy syndicated newspaper columns and numerous books, and co-founder of The People’s Pharmacy website. Terry taught in the Duke University School of Nursing and was an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. She is a Fellow of the Society of Applied Anthropology. Terry is one of the country's leading authorities on the science behind folk remedies..
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