20-Year study identifies risk factors for breast cancer
20-Year study identifies risk factors for breast cancer
2026-03-23
Across the globe, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is that experts from Academia Sinica and the National Health Research Institutes have identified risk factors after a 20-year study. Women who are simultaneously exposed to the plasticizer DEHP, have a poor metabolic rate and an earlier age of menarche are seven times more likely to get the disease. Let’s find out more.
Forty-four-year-old actress Sharon Hsu recently revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had undergone a mastectomy and reconstruction surgery. As there was no family history of the disease, at first she couldn’t understand and asked : “Why me?”, sparking discussion.
A team from Academia Sinica and the National Health Research Institutes have conducted a 20-year study confirming that when three factors are present simultaneously—high exposure to the plasticizer DEHP, poor metabolic rate and earlier age at the first menstrual cycle, a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer can be up to seven times higher.
Member of the public
Avoids plasticizers
I bring my own lunchbox and stuff, so I basically don’t come into contact with plasticizers much.
Member of the public
Informed consumer
When I buy products, I do research the ingredients, but I may not have considered things like high temperatures or breast cancer-related risks before. I will pay more attention to these things in the future.
Common products that may contain plasticizers include plastic household items such as plastic pipes, plastic bags, cling film and interlocking foam floor mats. There are also cosmetics, such as hairspray, perfume, nail polish, and lipstick, and plastic toys and dolls, all of which may contain plasticizers.
Lo Chia-lin
Taiwan Adventist Hospital
DEHP plasticizers migrate out relatively easily. When you are in prolonged contact with them, especially in close contact with your skin, such as some slippers that contain plasticizers, they will still enter the body through the skin, the largest organ in our body. Drinking more water can help you metabolize more effectively.
Doctors urge people to drink plenty of water to help metabolize plasticizers and reduce the burden on the kidneys. They also recommend regular screenings to prevent cancer from developing.
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"常接觸塑化劑"等三條件 中研院研究曝女性乳癌風險增7倍!
2026-03-23
癌症被視為現代人的文明病，中研院、國衛院團隊一項歷經廿年、大規模本土研究發現，女性若經常接觸塑化劑，加上代謝能力較差，以及初經年齡較早等3個因素同時存在，女性罹患乳癌風險最高可達7倍。
44歲女星許維恩，日前自曝罹患乳癌，為此切除乳房做重建手術。但明明沒有家族病史，一開始真的不理解"為何是自己"，也掀起討論。
中研院、國衛院團隊，歷時20年研究，證實當塑化劑DEHP暴露較高、人體代謝能力較差，以及初經年齡較早等，三因素同時存在，女性罹患乳癌風險最高可達7倍。
[[民眾]]
“自備的便當盒啦，什麼那些，所以基本上，接觸的(塑化劑)比較少。”
[[民眾]]
“自己購買產品的時候，是會研究成分，只是之前可能沒有想過說，可能像高溫，或者是會有這方面的(乳癌)風險，可能未來再多注意。”
常見塑化劑產品，包括塑膠家用品，像是水管、塑膠袋、保鮮膜，巧拼，還有化妝品類的髮膠、香水、指甲油、口紅，以及塑膠玩具、洋娃娃等等，可能都存在塑化劑。
[[台安醫院家醫科醫師 羅佳琳]]
“這個(DEHP塑化劑)分子，它是比較容易被釋放出來，當你長時間接觸，尤其是跟皮膚很密切的接觸，比如有些拖鞋，它裡面含有塑化劑的成分的話，它仍然會經由我們人體最大的器官，也就是皮膚，不停地進入身體，多喝水來幫助自己去代謝好一點。”
醫師呼籲多喝水，有利代謝塑化劑、減輕腎臟負擔，加上定期篩檢，以免讓癌症找上門。
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