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Do antibiotics raise cancer risk?
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No, antibiotics have no significant effect in either preventing or causing cancer.
Answered 3/7/2022
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Antibiotics are used to fight off or eliminate infection. The ingredients of antibiotics do not contain any cancer causing agents.
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