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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:966-967
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Special Theme: Mental Health

Commentary: Antidepressants and breast cancer risk

K McPherson

Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK.

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Animal studies indicate that neonatal exposure to antidepressants may induce or stimulate mammary tumour growth, and may enhance carcinogenesis in the colons of rats, and therefore might generally represent hazards for cancer in man.1 Hence the search for a role for antidepressants in breast cancer in human studies, for example, will no doubt continue. Meanwhile these studies may cause alarm.2 A paper from Ontario in this issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology continues this . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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