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Sunday, March 21, 2010
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Cancer |
Breast Cancer and Breast Feeding04/28/2009 |
I have a question with regards to the spread of cancer from a breast-feeding woman with cancer to her baby. If a woman has breast cancer and she breast-feeds her child, will the child get cancer from her? If not, why?
There is no risk to a breast-fed baby. Cells cannot be transmitted because they are foreign cells from another person. The baby's immune system would destroy the cells. Also, cells that go into the stomach cannot survive.
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Paula Silverman, MD Associate Professor Medical Director, Breast Cancer Program Division of Hematology/Oncology Ireland Cancer Center University Hospitals School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University |
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