I am a breast cancer researcher. You claim that potential flaws should be examined, and that peer review somehow makes a study reliable. If you bothered to read the research, the Hutchinson study was seriously flawed, in that it did not include any bra-free women. You need bra-free women as a baseline and control. In addition, all the women were over 55. All the study showed was that some women who wear bras for 40 years or more develop breast cancer, and some do not. You can say the same about cigarettes and lung cancer. Interestingly, all the women in their cancer group were lifetime bra wearers, which supports the bra-cancer link.
The Hutchinson Center also receives money each year from a "Bra Dash". So bras are used to raise funds for them.
This highly publicized study was the only one showing a no connection. There are several studies which show a significant bra-cancer link. See below.
When you consider that constriction of any organ is bad for lymphatic circulation and overall health, the bra-cancer link should be a no brainer. More research is needed. But given that most women have become brainwashed into believing that they need artificially shaped breasts for support, considering their bra a health threat challenges their sense of identity and self. These women enable the profitable cancer detection and treatment industry continue ignoring this link.
FYI, here are studies that show wearing tight bras each day causes breast cancer.
Studies that Support the Bra/Cancer Link
1991 Harvard study (CC Hsieh, D Trichopoulos (1991). Breast size, handedness and breast cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer and Clinical Oncology 27(2):131-135.). This study found that, “Premenopausal women who do not wear bras had half the risk of breast cancer compared with bra users…”
1991-93 U.S. Bra and Breast Cancer Study by Singer and Grismaijer, published in Dressed To Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras (Avery/Penguin Putnam, 1995; ISCD Press, 2005). Found that bra-free women have about the same incidence of breast cancer as men. 24/7 bra wearing increases incidence over 100 times that of a bra-free woman.
Singer and Grismaijer did a follow-up study in Fiji, published in Get It Off!(ISCD Press, 2000). Found 24 case histories of breast cancer in a culture where half the women are bra-free. The women getting breast cancer were all wearing bras. Given women with the same genetics and diet and living in the same village, the ones getting breast disease were the ones wearing bras for work.
A 2009 Chinese study (Zhang AQ, Xia JH, Wang Q, Li WP, Xu J, Chen ZY, Yang JM (2009). [Risk factors of breast cancer in women in Guangdong and the countermeasures]. In Chinese. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2009 Jul;29(7):1451-3.) found that NOT sleeping in a bra was protective against breast cancer, lowering the risk 60%.
2011 a study was published, in Spanish, confirming that bras are causing breast disease and cancer. http://www.portalesmedicos.com/publicaciones/articles/3691/1/Patologias-mamarias-generadas-por-el-uso-sostenido-y-seleccion-incorrecta-del-brassier-en-pacientes-que-acuden-a-la-consulta-de-mastologia- It found that underwired and push-up bras are the most harmful, but any bra that leaves red marks or indentations may cause disease.
A 2014 Scottish study looking in the causes of increased upper outer quadrant breast cancer concluded that tight bras are a major contributing factor. http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/bras-linked-to-rise-in-breast-cancer-1-3422526
A 2014 study out of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that all the women in their bra and breast cancer study were lifetime bra wearers, supporting the bra-cancer link.
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I am a breast cancer researcher. You claim that potential flaws should be examined, and that peer review somehow makes a study reliable. If you bothered to read the research, the Hutchinson study was seriously flawed, in that it did not include any bra-free women. You need bra-free women as a baseline and control. In addition, all the women were over 55. All the study showed was that some women who wear bras for 40 years or more develop breast cancer, and some do not. You can say the same about cigarettes and lung cancer. Interestingly, all the women in their cancer group were lifetime bra wearers, which supports the bra-cancer link.
The Hutchinson Center also receives money each year from a "Bra Dash". So bras are used to raise funds for them.
This highly publicized study was the only one showing a no connection. There are several studies which show a significant bra-cancer link. See below.
When you consider that constriction of any organ is bad for lymphatic circulation and overall health, the bra-cancer link should be a no brainer. More research is needed. But given that most women have become brainwashed into believing that they need artificially shaped breasts for support, considering their bra a health threat challenges their sense of identity and self. These women enable the profitable cancer detection and treatment industry continue ignoring this link.
FYI, here are studies that show wearing tight bras each day causes breast cancer.
Studies that Support the Bra/Cancer Link
1991 Harvard study (CC Hsieh, D Trichopoulos (1991). Breast size, handedness and breast cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer and Clinical Oncology 27(2):131-135.). This study found that, “Premenopausal women who do not wear bras had half the risk of breast cancer compared with bra users…”
1991-93 U.S. Bra and Breast Cancer Study by Singer and Grismaijer, published in Dressed To Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras (Avery/Penguin Putnam, 1995; ISCD Press, 2005). Found that bra-free women have about the same incidence of breast cancer as men. 24/7 bra wearing increases incidence over 100 times that of a bra-free woman.
Singer and Grismaijer did a follow-up study in Fiji, published in Get It Off!(ISCD Press, 2000). Found 24 case histories of breast cancer in a culture where half the women are bra-free. The women getting breast cancer were all wearing bras. Given women with the same genetics and diet and living in the same village, the ones getting breast disease were the ones wearing bras for work.
A 2009 Chinese study (Zhang AQ, Xia JH, Wang Q, Li WP, Xu J, Chen ZY, Yang JM (2009). [Risk factors of breast cancer in women in Guangdong and the countermeasures]. In Chinese. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2009 Jul;29(7):1451-3.) found that NOT sleeping in a bra was protective against breast cancer, lowering the risk 60%.
2011 a study was published, in Spanish, confirming that bras are causing breast disease and cancer. http://www.portalesmedicos.com/publicaciones/articles/3691/1/Patologias-mamarias-generadas-por-el-uso-sostenido-y-seleccion-incorrecta-del-brassier-en-pacientes-que-acuden-a-la-consulta-de-mastologia- It found that underwired and push-up bras are the most harmful, but any bra that leaves red marks or indentations may cause disease.
A 2014 Scottish study looking in the causes of increased upper outer quadrant breast cancer concluded that tight bras are a major contributing factor. http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/bras-linked-to-rise-in-breast-cancer-1-3422526
A 2014 study out of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center found that all the women in their bra and breast cancer study were lifetime bra wearers, supporting the bra-cancer link.
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