Scientists investigate how BPA increases ovarian cancer growth

Polish scientists have found that bisphenol A (BPA) increases the growth and division of cells in ovarian cancer. The researchers, from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, suggest the effect may be mediated by increasing the activity of the hormone leptin on tumours, as in vitro experiments have shown that BPA increases the expression of the gene coding for leptin receptors in ovarian cancer cells. However, the researchers emphasise these results require confirmation by in vivo studies.

The research is published in Toxicology Letters.

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