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Since some years, the deodorants are accused of being responsible for breast cancer. Until this day, no proof demonstrated this hypothesis but numerous women worry. Today, the experts of the French Society of the cancer bring a reassuring answer.

The use of the deodorants would have an impact on the increase of the breast cancer at the women: no scientific survey demonstrated this possibility. A group of experts of the Society French of the Cancer,a makes a scientific and detailed analysis on this topic. Conclusion: no scientific proof has cannot be identified in favor of this hypothesis.

..Breast cancer: the deodorants in accusation

Several studies noted a high impact of breast cancer to the level of the zone close to the application of the anti-perspire deodorants (the supéro-external quadrant) and a more and more frequent use of these products.

Leaving from these reports, several scientific teams tried to establish a possible tie enters anti-perspire and breast cancer. The hypothesis the more distributed kept the role possible of the parabènes and the salts of aluminum. However, until this day, no epidemiological prospective survey demonstrated the hypothesis that the use of the deodorants had an impact on the increase of the breast cancer at the woman.

..No scientific proof

A group of experts of the magazine Bulletin of the Cancer, official Organ of the Society French of the Cancera makes a scientific and detailed analysis in order to answer the anguish of the women on this topic. They reviewed 59 studies thus descended of the bibliographic research and various 19 articles of methodology. Their conclusion? No scientific proof in favor of the hypothesis has cannot be identified. Besides, these experts explain that it doesn't remain any hypothesis validated susceptible to open on ways of research interest. They affirm that this question doesn't constitute a problem of public health and that it appears useless to pursue the research on this topic.

The agency French of Sanitary Security of the Health Products (Afssaps) had published in 2006 an active information in the same sense. Thus, not of reason to worry about the such or such deodorant use.

..The importance of the tracking of the breast cancer

Did the factors of risk know the breast cancer? A minority of breast cancers is bound to a domestic hereditary shape that occurs, the most often, to a young age, one of the main factors of risk remaining the estrogènes. So the prevention of this feminine curse especially rests on the tracking by mammograhie.
The breast cancer remains the most frequent cancer of the woman in the western countries: he touches a woman on nine, essentially after the menopause. Het caused 11 000 deaths in France in 2005. More a breast cancer is detected early, more the odds of recovery are important. Thanks to the precocious tracking, the half of the breast cancers is discovered whereas they measure less than 2 cm. This level of detection permits to reach very high rates of recovery while reducing the aggressiveness of the applied treatments considerably.

To all age, you must be followed regularly by a physician or by a gynecologist who will prescribe you the necessary exams, notably if he estimates that you have domestic factors of breast cancer risk. This medical follow-up must take place every 6 months or every year from 30 years.
In France, the organized tracking (every two years, a mammography taken in charge to 100% by the health insurance without advance of expenses) is accessible to the women from 50 years and until 74 years. Against the breast cancer, make track down you!

2008-12-27