Do breast implants cause cancer?

To date, there is no association between silicone or saline breast implant and carcinogenesis. An older type of implant used decades ago may have induced some breast cancers, but these implants are now banned. In fact, breast implants are used in breast cancer patients as an effective means of reconstruction.

To date, there are no studies that have shown any link between breast implants and cancer. In fact, breast implants do not increase your risk for breast cancer. It is important for all women to perform monthly breast self-exams and annual screening mammograms.

This has been looked at by many to determine just that. There is NO link with breast implants and cancer or delaying the diagnosis of cancer. When the breast implant is place behind the muscle, some feel that it may enhance the visualization of the breast tissue during mammography. Hope that helps.

While breast augmentation may not be for everyone, I would not want you to think that having a breast augmentation procedure would in any way increase your chances of developing a breast tumor, failing to find it in a timely fashion, or failing to achieve successful treatment for it should one occur. In... more

To date, there are NO studies linking breast cancer to implants. In fact some studies have shown a lower than expected rate of breast cancer in patients with implants. This may be more reflective of selection bias. In oversimplified terms, who gets more weeds a one acre lot or a two acre lot? Women with small... more

Breast implants do not cause cancer. Having the implants below the muscle will allow mammographers a slightly better ability to detect cancers than if the implants were above the muscle.

There is no known causal link between breast implants and cancer, and this has been repeatedly conveyed in the scientific literature over decades. Rather, the academic literature has shown that women with breast implants actually may pick up cancers at the same time or even earlier, given that they are more in... more

There are multiple studies showing that breast implants do not cause cancer. In fact, the most common way that breast cancer patients are currently being reconstructed is through placement of a submuscular breast implant. Unfortunately, scare sites abound on the Internet and they suggest that these implants... more