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Re: old wives' tale????

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:48:48 -0500 (CDT)


At Tue, 26 Jun 2001, fifer wrote: >
>Thank you for reading this. A friend of mine is telling her girls'
>soccer team to cover their chests if the ball is coming at them as if
>they get hit in the chest they have a higher chance of getting breast
>cancer. Is this true? Thank you.

I don't know for sure, but I think that it is an old wive's tale. There have been rumors like that for a long time, but I believe that we are talking about more serious trauma that a chest trap.

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William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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