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"Recently, I learned of a new study that illuminated the risk of estrogens in many topical lotions. The idea of hormones being applied to my body, without my knowledge, is freaky enough. This concept is even more frightening to those who are at high risk for estrogen receptor cancers, such as breast cancer and types of ovarian cancer. For these people, these ingredients, even in minute amounts, can actually induce cancer cell proliferation if absorbed through the skin. Scary stuff. These types of lotions will never list &amp;quot;estrogen&amp;quot; in their ingredient list, so some may be completely unaware they are using it on their body. This study, conducted by Dr. Adrienne Olson (a breast cancer survivor herself) and Breastlink, a breast cancer treatment center, had 16 lotions analyzed for estrogen or estrogen-like compounds. It turned out that while none of the lotions contained specifically estrogen, many of these lotions did indeed contain forms of estrogen, called estriol or estrone, and could very well be unsafe for women with estrogen receptor types of cancer. While the identity of these lotions were not identified, if you have an estrogen receptor cancer, or you are of high risk, talk to your doctor about what lotions you use. As this doctor suggests, you may want to try moisturizing with the simplest types of moisturizers, like sunflower oil or baby oil. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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