No Scientific Evidence Breast Sucking, Fondling Prevent Cancer – Experts

The belief that sucking or fondling of a woman’s breasts could prevent lumps is not scientifically proven, according to some medical experts.

The medics spoke against claims that the act prevents breast cancer and other related diseases.

Dr Bamidele Iwalokun, a molecular biologist at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR), Yaba, Lagos, dismisses this claim.

He said that fondling of woman’s breasts could not prevent lumps and breast cancer.

“There is no research backing to prove that fondling of breasts prevents breasts from growing lumps or developing breast cancer,’’ NAN quoted him as saying.

In a similar vein, Dr Atara Nketim, a Consultant Oncologist with the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, says there is no scientific evidence that sucking, squeezing or fondling breasts could prevent lumps or cancer.

He said, “I have seen five patients in my experience where the husbands are actually the ones who discovered lumps in their wives’ breasts and not the wives themselves.

“So, it is in this aspect that I will support husbands fondling the breasts to help their wives detect early any lump that can develop.

“But, I do not have any scientific evidence to say that fondling can actually prevent it.”