has said there is only"possible" evidence that genital use of talc-based body powder may be linked to cancer.affects the tissue that lines the lungs and other organs.
or ovaries. This irritation might then cause inflammation, and start a cascade of responses in the body that could contribute to the development of cancer.But it's not easy to prove that talc powders might lead to cancer with any certainty. One reason why is that ovarian cancer is an uncommon cancer. In this large group of more than a quarter million women, ovarian cancers were found in just under 2,200 women -- that's less than 1%.
"If you've just given someone a devastating diagnosis, they are far more likely to report using all sorts of things. That's because they're looking for reasons why they have the condition they have. It's called recall bias," Gossett explained, adding it's a known concern with that type of study., combined four different prospective studies. Those are studies that follow people over time, gathering information as they go.
She added that this study may provide some reassurance to women who regularly used powder in the past."This study is large enough and designed well enough that if there was a substantial risk, we would see it," Gossett said.
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