A 29-year-old female asked:
i have bad eczema on my breast and last night i put triamcinolone acetonide. now i'm worried it seeped into my breast and will cause cancer.will it?
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Dr. Dean Giannone answered
25 years experience Internal Medicine
Unlikely.: The beauty of topical agents is that they should not get absorbed systemically in any appreciable amount to cause problems, especially not cancer.
Answered on Mar 10, 2015
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. George Wooming answered
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Hydrocortisone 10: That's as strong as you can get otc.
It's not as strong as triamcinolone now!
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