Tinture E Tumori

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Un nuovo studio USA afferma che le persone che hanno usato tinture per capelli prima degli anni 80 sono rischio del cancro alla vescica.

Inoltre mette in guardia anche quelli che le usano adesso.

Possibile che non possiamo essere sicuri? Chi comincia adesso corre qualche rischio?

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Un nuovo studio USA afferma che le persone che hanno usato tinture per capelli prima degli anni 80 sono rischio del cancro alla vescica.

Inoltre mette in guardia anche quelli che le usano adesso.

Possibile che non possiamo essere sicuri? Chi comincia adesso corre qualche rischio?

 

Si parla di un uso continuato di oltre 25 anni per elevare il rischio e comunque i dati sembrano contrastanti.

In ogni caso Admin dovrebbe pubblicare l'articolo tradotto in Italiano sulla Home Page per una maggiore comprensione.

Ciao :babbonatale:

 

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Posted: January 26, 2004

 

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women who have been coloring their hair for 24 years or more have a higher risk of developing a cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.

 

 

They said their study of 1,300 women could help explain a mysterious rise in the number of cases of the cancer that affects the lymphatic system.

 

Writing in the American Journal of Epidemiology, they said women who dyed their hair starting before 1980 were one-third more likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, or NHL, and those who used the darkest dyes for more than 25 years were twice as likely to develop the cancer.

 

"Women who used darker permanent hair coloring products for more than 25 years showed the highest increased risk," Tongzhang Zheng, associate professor of epidemiology and environmental health at Yale School of Medicine, said in a statement.

 

Cancer experts note that a person's absolute risk of developing lymphoma is very low, so doubling that risk still means a woman who dyes her hair is very unlikely to develop lymphoma.

 

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma will affect an estimated 54,000 Americans this year and will kill 19,000, according to the American Cancer Society. It affects slightly more men than women.

 

The incidence of NHL has doubled since the mid-1970s and no one knows why. Experts suspect exposure to chemicals can be a factor. The lymphatic system is part of the immune system, so people with immune weaknesses are at special risk - notably AIDS and organ transplant patients.

 

Zheng and colleagues studied 600 Connecticut women who had NHL. They were asked to specify what hair coloring products they might have used and when.

 

They were compared to 700 healthy women.

 

The Yale University researchers did not find any larger risk of cancer in women who started using hair dye in 1980 or later.

 

"This could reflect the change in hair dye formula contents over the past two decades, or indicate that recent users are still in their induction and latent period," said Yawei Zhang, who also worked on the study.

 

"Hair coloring products have undergone tremendous change over the last 20 years," added Zheng. "Since 1980, many carcinogens have been removed from some formulas, which vary depending on whether the dye is permanent, semi-permanent, darker or lighter."

 

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Hair-coloring Product Use and Risk of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: A Population-based Case-Control Study in Connecticut

 

A population-based case-control study was conducted in Connecticut in 1996–2002 to test the hypothesis that lifetime hair-coloring product use increases non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma risk. A total of 601 histologically confirmed incident female cases and 717 population-based controls were included in the study. An increased risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was observed among women who reported use of hair-coloring products before 1980 (odds ratio = 1.3, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.0, 1.8). The odds ratios were 2.1 (95% CI: 1.0, 4.0) for those using darker permanent hair-coloring products for more than 25 years and 1.7 (95% CI: 1.0, 2.8) for those who had more than 200 applications. Follicular type, B-cell, and low-grade lymphoma generally showed an increased risk. On the other hand, the authors found no increased risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma overall and by subtype of exposure and disease among women who started using hair-coloring products in 1980 or later. It is currently unknown why an increased risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma was found only among women who started using hair-coloring products before 1980. Further studies are warranted to show whether the observed association reflects the change in hair dye formula contents during the past two decades or indicates that recent users are still in their induction and latent periods.

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Lei dottor Marliani cosa ne pensa di questo fatto che in USa hanno risollevato il problema del legame fra tinture e tumori mettendo in dubbio anche le tinture attuali?

Inoltre pensa che una tintura lieve ogni 40 giorni possa danneggiare il capello?