Study of 36 Chinese Abortion-Breast Cancer Studies a 'Game Changer,' Says Scientist
Two of three meta-analyses now support link between abortion and breast cancer.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., Dec. 2, 2013 /
Christian Newswire/ -- A systematic review and meta-analysis of 36 Chinese studies by Dr. Yubei Huang and his colleagues in the prestigious journal, Cancer Causes Control, last week reported a significant 44% increased breast cancer risk among women with at least one induced abortion (IA), compared to women without IAs.[1] The risk increased with number of IAs (a dose effect), an important measure of a cause-effect relationship, with two and three IAs raising risk by a statistically significant 76% and 89%, respectively. Earlier studies also found a dose effect.[2,3,4,5]
Huang's team cited and supports a 1996 review and meta-analysis, led by Joel Brind, Ph.D. (Baruch College, City University of New York) and colleagues at Penn State[6], who found a 30% risk elevation for women with any history of IAs. Huang's team agreed with criticism from Drs. Brind and Vernon Chinchilli in the British Journal of Cancer[7] concerning two high profile Shanghai studies.[8,9]
In his analysis of the Chinese study (below), Brind called it a "game changer." He exclaimed, "Not only does it validate our earlier findings from 1996, but its findings are even stronger, for several reasons."
Significantly, Brind argued ObamaCare insurance funds abortion and contraceptive steroids (i.e. the Pill) which will be disastrous for women's health.
Huang's team said their results differed from those of a 2004 meta-analysis by Dr. Valerie Beral and her colleagues.[10] Their paper, which claimed there was no link, received harsh criticism in seven medical journals from four experts independently of one another.[11,12,13,14,15,16,17]
Karen Malec, president of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, said, "Our organization and the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute (which Dr. Brind co-founded) are among the groups that collaborated on an amicus brief in three lawsuits against ObamaCare's contraceptive mandate.[18] Last month, a federal appellate court cited the brief which reports the World Health Organization's classification of the Pill as a Group 1 carcinogen; and the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear those lawsuits."[19]
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer is an international women's organization founded to protect the health and save the lives of women by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for breast cancer.
