Medical Journal Publishes Talcum Powder Cancer Research
The medical journal Cancer Prevention Research made talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuit news when it probed more than 8,000 cases to investigate the link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer and found significant data suggesting the two are linked.
Monday, January 11, 2016 - One of the more recent studies investigating the possible link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer came from the medical journal Cancer Prevention Research and focused on the degree to which regular use of talcum powder by women increased their risk of contracting ovarian cancer. The study has been named in talcum powder ovarian cancer lawsuit news stories and referenced by attorneys representing plaintiffs in the hundreds of lawsuits filed against talcum manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and is one of the latest pieces of evidence offered following decades of research into the connection between talc and ovarian cancer.
The 2013 study, conducted by Brigham and Women's Hospital, included 8,525 cases and 9,859 controls in it's data set and looked into the carcinogenic properties of talc when it entered a women's body via the vaginal tract. The research employed 8 population-based case-control studies to analyze those that took part in epidemiologic investigations. The study used data sets from eight research papers to supplement its conclusions pertaining to the link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer.
Though the research did not find any evidence of cancer caused by non-genital use, it did yield significant results when talcum powder was used genitally. The talcum powder research demonstrated that women were who used talcum powder regularly and genitally were found to be at a higher risk of invasive serous, endometrioid, clear cell tumors and borderline serous tumors. Overall the study reported that women who used talcum powder regularly and genitally put themselves at a 20-30 percent greater risk of contracting ovarian cancer than those who did now.
Plaintiffs have used talcum powder cancer lawsuit news stories and evidence such as the information provided in the Cancer Prevention Research study to file lawsuits nationwide against Johnson & Johnson for failing to properly warn consumers of the increased risk of cancer tied to their products. Research detailing the link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer goes back far beyond this latest study however, as British studies had been conducted showing a possible link as early as the 1970s. By 1982, a statistical link had been established in medical journals between an increased risk of ovarian cancer and the genital application of talcum powder.
More than 700 talcum powder lawsuits are currently pending across the nation. Plaintiffs claim they would have never used the drug if they have known of its connections to ovarian cancer, and those who contracted the disease are filing lawsuits in hopes of recovering damages for the lack of information supplied by Johnson & Johnson. Many claims also allege that the manufacturer was aware of the connection and decided not to warn consumers in order to protect the marketability of the product. Johnson & Johnson has claimed that their talcum products have no connection to ovarian cancer, and have funded their own research studies to attempt to rebuke findings presented by the plaintiffs.
In recent talcum powder lawsuit news, more than 100 lawsuits in New Jersey were included in a request to transfer the cases into multicounty litigation. Both the defense and plaintiffs agree that the lawsuits should be consolidated, though there have been disagreements as to which court the cases should transferred. There are also dozens of cases filed in Missouri state court that are heading into the trial phase of the proceedings.
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