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Do Breast Implants Cause Cancer?

Will breast implants cause breast cancer? I am planning to go for breast implants. After breast feeding, my breast is flat. However, I am concerned about cancer being a possible side effect

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Breast implants and cancer

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 tune with their breast anatomy after having undergone BA and doing implant massage, and that the implants may act as a "platform" for a palpable lestion. Most plastic... more

Jennifer Walden, MD

Austin Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Implants and Cancer

It's been shown and proven over and over to not be the case. Breast Implants do not cause cancer even if the silicone leaks out of the implant. Any case that seems like it could've been the silicone was taken against Dow Corning back in the day and a massive class action suit was involved. Today, we simply move forward and now that the FDA has approved it, we use them regularly. Nobody would be putting in these implants if there were the merest suggestion that this implication is real. It's... more

Ricardo A. Meade, MD

Dallas Plastic Surgeon

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No identifed link between Breast Cancer and Implants

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 breasts tend to have a lower rate of breast cancer and these are the women who seek breast implants. In fact there are some European studies which have shown that the rate of breast... more

Otto Joseph Placik, MD

Chicago Plastic Surgeon

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Breast implants and cancer - an Internet hoax

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 cause cancer. Instead of educating women through science, they scare them away from a time-tested procedure which has been shown to be not only effective but, more importantly, safe! more

Gregory A. Buford, MD

Denver Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Implants and Cancer

There is no data what so ever to support the claim that breast implants cause cancer, or any sort. They are the most studied medical device in the history of the FDA, more than heart valves, pacemakers, etc. They are safe and do not cause any systemic problems.

Christopher V. Pelletiere, MD

Barrington Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Implants DO NOT cause cancer

Breast implants have been ewxtensively studied. They do not cause cancer. The incidence of cancer in women with implants is the same as those without implants. In those with cancer, the cancer is at the same stage in those with implants as compared to those without.

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Mark D. Epstein, MD

Stony Brook Plastic Surgeon

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Breast implants and cancer

This is a question that comes up quite often in consultation. They do not cause cancer. There has never been any data to support this. Some doctors do believe that if there is a risk of breast cancer in the family that the patient may want to opt for saline versus silicone as there have been concerns raised as to the risk of silicone implants making it more difficult to detect mammographic irregularities. But I am not familiar with any scientific data to support that.

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William J. Hedden, MD

Birmingham Plastic Surgeon

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Breast implants and cancer

There is no scientific data that shows a link between breast cancer and breast implants. Keep in mind that we frequently use implants in patients who had breast cancer, and these patients are at higher risk for developing breast cancer in the opposite breast. For example, we might reconstruct a mastectomy with an implant and put a small implant in the non-affected breast. Even in these patients at higher risk of developing breast cancer, breast implants are believed to be safe, based on... more

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Tracy Pfeifer, MD

Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Implants do not cause breast cancer

Breast implants do not cause breast cancer. Breast implants (saline or silicone) do not cause any medical diseases or illnesses, this has been thoroughly studied and proven. However, breast implants can make the detection of breast cancer via mammogram more difficult because the implants themselves can obscure some of the breast tissue on the x-ray. Approximately 10% of a patient's breast tissue can not be visualized on a mammogram if they have implants in place. However, there are special... more

William Bruno, MD

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon

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Breast implants and cancer

Silicone breast implants are the most studied implants. For 15 years, they have been studied and found SAFE AND EFFECTIVE, by the FDA in 2006. You can check implant safety on the FDA site.

Samir Shureih, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Implants do not cause cancer

After extensive research, breast implants have not been found to cause cancer. Neither do they interfere with the ability to detect cancer, but your radiologist may have to take some extra X Rays when you go for a mammogram.

Jeffrey Horowitz, MD

Baltimore Plastic Surgeon

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Again, Breast Implants DO NOT cause cancer

Breast Implants have the rather dubious honor of having been the most intensely studied implant in the history of mankind. More money and human hours were spent studying Breast Implants than Heart Valves, Defibrillators, Pacemakers, Shunts, artificial blood vessels, hip and knee joints and all other implants combined. While like all implants, potential complications are seen with placing breast implants, their complications are few. But - while infection, scarring (capsular contracture) and... more

Peter A. Aldea, MD

Memphis Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Implants do not increase risk of breast cancer

Excellent and important question! Multiple studies, from different countries including the U.S., have found no increased risk of breast cancer after breast augmentation. Of course, one must still follow with mammography and annual check-up as recommended, based on age and family history of breast cancer. The breast implant, in some cases, may actually increase the chance of early detection, as the mass will become more palpable from the implant pressing against the breast tissue.... more

Michael A. Jazayeri, MD

Santa Ana Plastic Surgeon

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Breast implant safety

There is currently no evidence linking breast implants to breast cancer, or any other disease, for that matter. Once you get your implants, you will want to make sure that you tell the mammography technicians that you have had breast augmentation. They will do some special techniques to displace the implant from the are that is being examined. Remember that although we don't have any reason to believe that breast implants are dangerous, it is still just as important to screen for breast... more

Adam David Lowenstein, MD

Santa Barbara Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Implants and Breast 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.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD

Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon

Breast Implants and Cancer

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.

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C. Bob Basu, MD

Houston Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Implants and Cancer

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.

Farbod Esmailian, MD

Orange County Plastic Surgeon

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Breast Implants do not cause cancer, delay its treatment, or make treatment less successful

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 addition to the fine logic outlined by my colleagues, I would also refer you to the Institute of Medicine's report on Breast Implants, here: http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3793/5638.aspx A... more

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Armando Soto, MD

Orlando Plastic Surgeon

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Breast implants do not cause cancer

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.