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Study Finds No Increased Risk Of Cancer Associated With Prosthetics.(breast implants do not cause increased cancer risk)
2001 MAY 24 -- (NewsRx Network) -- Women with breast implants should be reassured by the consistency of scientific studies that have uniformly found they are not at increased risk for cancer, reports a study in the May 2001 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
The authors reviewed the available scientific literature on three topic areas: the risk for cancer (both breast and other cancers), the risk for delayed detection of breast cancer, and the risk for increased breast cancer recurrence.
"Research from around the world suggests that these concerns are unwarranted," said lead author Susan J. Hoshaw, PhD. "There is ample evidence from the published literature on breast implants to support the lack of a causal association between breast implants and cancer."
Hoshaw further noted that the Institute of Medicine concluded in May 2000 "after an extensive literature review on the safety of breast implants that ...
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