Analytic comparison of talc in commercially available baby powder and in pelvic tissues resected from ovarian carcinoma patients.

CONCLUSIONS: This finding, combined with previous epidemiological literature and tissue-based analytical studies, provides further evidence that the small, isodiametric particles that dominate TCBP can migrate from the perineum and become lodged in distal structures in the female reproductive tract, where they may lead to an increased risk of developing ovarian carcinoma. PMID: 32977988 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Gynecologic Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research