堕胎和乳腺癌。

Washington memo Pub Date : 1994-12-09
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1994年11月2日出版的《美国国家癌症研究所杂志》(NCI)上发表的一项研究表明,人工流产的女性患乳腺癌的风险增加,反堕胎活动人士正在大肆宣传这一研究结果。由于担心这项研究可能会在政治舞台上发挥作用,NCI和该研究的作者都警告称,不要将研究结果解读为决定性的。“总的来说,”NCI在一份新闻稿中警告说,“现有研究的不一致性和稀缺性不足以得出科学结论。”在对1800名年龄在45岁及以下的女性进行的研究中,堕胎的女性患乳腺癌的风险更大。然而,从流行病学的角度来看,不到一倍的风险被认为很小,难以解释;此外,这项研究仅限于乳腺癌极为罕见的年轻女性。研究人员也承认了他们研究的局限性,他们说,与对照组的女性相比,患有乳腺癌的女性更有可能坦率地承认自己过去曾堕胎。一篇附带的期刊社论指出,虽然研究中涉及的女性的生育生活大多发生在堕胎合法化之后,但“人工流产对许多女性来说仍然是情绪化的,而且通常被低估了。”
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Abortion and breast cancer.

Anti-abortion activists are touting the results of a study published in the November 2 (1994) issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) that suggests an increased risk for breast cancer among women who have had induced abortions. Alarmed at how the study may play out in the political arena, both NCI and the study's authors warned against interpreting the results as definitive. "Taken together," cautioned an NCI press release, "the inconsistencies and scarcity of existing research do not permit scientific conclusions." In the study of 1800 women age 45 and under, those who had had an abortion were found to have a greater risk of developing breast cancer. In epidemiological terms, however, less than a doubling of risk is considered small and difficult to interpret; moreover, the study was limited to younger women among whom breast cancer is exceedingly rare. The researchers also acknowledged the limitations of their study, saying that the women with breast cancer may have been more likely to be candid about having had an abortion in the past than the women in the control group. An accompanying journal editorial noted that while the reproductive lives of the women involved in the study occurred mostly after abortion was legalized, "induced abortions are still emotionally charged for many women and they are generally underreported."

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