Chemical Relaxers and Hair-Straightening Products: Potential Targets for Hormone-Related Cancer Prevention and Control

Adana A M Llanos^{1

2}, Jasmine A McDonald^{1

2}, Dede K Teteh³, Traci N Bethea⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
² Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Health Sciences, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA, USA.
⁴ Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA.

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Adana A M Llanos et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022.

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. 2022 Dec 8;114(12):1567-1569.

doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac169.

Adana A M Llanos^{1

2}, Jasmine A McDonald^{1

2}, Dede K Teteh³, Traci N Bethea⁴

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
² Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Health Sciences, Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Chapman University, Orange, CA, USA.
⁴ Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities Research, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, USA.

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Use of Straighteners and Other Hair Products and Incident Uterine Cancer.
Chang CJ, O'Brien KM, Keil AP, Gaston SA, Jackson CL, Sandler DP, White AJ. Chang CJ, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022 Dec 8;114(12):1636-1645. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac165. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2022. PMID: 36245087 Free PMC article.