“In general, 1 out of 8 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. In Japan, that is 1 out of every 38, but it was even less a decade ago,” says Kazuki Takabe, MD, Clinical Chief of Breast Surgery at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. (7)
This corroborates the extensive research by Bernard Eskin, MD, a renowned scientist and member of the faculty at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. As early as the 1960s, Eskin found a correlation between iodine deficiency and the risk of breast cancer.
Iodine is an element found in Earth’s crust and is present in foods we eat. It is essential for proper thyroid and endocrine function and is actively involved in the development and health of breast tissue. Iodine deficiency often manifests in the formation of a goiter, when the thyroid tries to retain as much iodine as it can and thereby swells.
We sometimes forget that breasts are not just sweater pillows but are important glands (especially for women) that are part of the body’s endocrine system.
Breast tissues transport molecular iodine and it’s as important to the breasts as it is to the thyroid. (8) Indeed, there is a link between thyroid disorders and breast cancer; iodine deficiency may be the reason why. (9)
Iodine is essential for the development of healthy breast tissue during puberty. (10) It is an important nutrient for the cognitive development of fetuses and infants; the breasts contain iodine so it can be passed to infants from their mothers’ milk. It then follows that inadequate iodine is linked to the development of cancer in breast tissue.
“Ultimately, the etiology of all cancers is multifactorial with benefit assumed in the reduction of modifiable risk factors. There is substantial evidence that iodine deficiency is a modifiable risk factor in cancers of the stomach and breast.” (11)
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