Breast Cancer

No link seen between breast cancer risk and antidepressants

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 20th, 2003

Based on analysis of clinical studies conducted to the present, there appears to be no link between breast cancer risk and antidepressants.

"Biologic studies have suggested that antidepressant use may increase breast cancer risk: We conducted a systematic review of trials and controlled epidemiologic studies to assess this association.

"Pooled data from 31 primary efficacy drug company trials of fluoxetine suggested no increased risk, but the short duration of these trials may have been insufficient to detect an association," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology report.

"In one prospective cohort...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2003-05-20)

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