In February, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association linked antibiotic use with an increased risk of breast cancer. The scholars from four different research centers and universities concluded that the more antibiotics a woman takes in her lifetime, the higher her risk of breast cancer. However, Stephen H. Taplin, M.D. of the National Cancer Institute does not want to create a state of alarm. “These results only show that there is an association between the two.”
Yet according to co-author Christine Velicer, Ph.D., of GHC’s Center for Health Studies, “Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States, with an estimated 40,000 deaths this year, and is the most common cancer in women worldwide.” This frightening statistic has prompted researchers to investigate a collection of causes, correlations, and explanations for breast cancer.
The authors offer several explanations for the association between antibiotic use and breast cancer. One hypothesis suggests that since antibiotics affect the bacteria in the intestines, certain anti-carcinogenic foods may not be broken down or utilized as well in the body when antibiotics are used.
“These study results do not mean that women should stop using antibiotics to treat bacterial infections”, stressed Taplin. “Until we understand more about the association between antibiotics and cancer, people should take into account the substantial benefits that antibiotics can have, but should continue to use these medicines wisely.”
M.B.S.
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