Breast Implants - Study Shows They Are Safe

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Breast implants have been on the market and in use since 1962. They have been a popular resource for as many as 1.5 million to 2 million American in creating the perfect breast augmentation since that time. Various types have been available including silicone and saline filled devices. Back in 1992, however, after some circumstantial evidence linking silicone implants to connective tissue diseases and cancer, the Food and Drug Administration put a ban on the use of these devices in enlargement procedures.



Up until that point, 90 percent to 95 percent of augmentation patients had chosen silicone because they like the rounder, fuller appearance. In the decade that followed the percent flip-flopped with 90 percent to 95 percent of patients using saline-filled devices. The ban was lifted in November 2006, and since then women have had the option of either silicone or saline.



It is interesting to note that in the same year the FDA banned silicone implants, the National Cancer Institute initiated a thorough study researching the relationship between implants and cancer rates. The study included 13,500 women over the course of 13 years, on average. What the NCI researchers found is that there was definitely "no association between implants and the subsequent risk of breast cancer". This was true of silicone as well as saline implants.



Not only were breast augmentation patients not at greater risk of breast cancer, but they were not at any greater risk for cancer of the stomach, large intestine, cervix, uterus, ovary, bladder or thyroid. The study further found that women who had undergone enlargement did not have higher rates of connective tissue disorders or immune system cancers.



The NCI study did find however, that those with breast implants that ended up developing breast cancer had a slighter slower rate of detection than those without these devices. The mortality rates of cancer were no different, however, and women with implants can get around the slower rate of detection by having annual mammograms.



And if that study wasn't enough to assuage consumers' concerns about the safety of augmentation surgery, a new study published in January 2009 in the International Journal of Cancer confirmed the results of the NCI study. The new research was conducted among 6,200 Swedish and Danish women with breast implants and tracked them on average, 15 years after their initial surgery. The results were that the augmentation patients do not have a "higher-than-average risk of cancer years after having the surgery".



This is, of course, great news for those considering enhancement surgery. It means that women looking for breast enlargement do not have to worry about getting cancer from the small chance that their devicesmight leak or from their body's reaction to the implants.



Whether for purely cosmetic reasons or as part of reconstruction surgery, women can have confidence that breast implants are safe when it comes to cancer! If you'd like more information on implant safety and its relationship with cancer, the American Cancer Society offers information on their website.



Women who need to get breast augmentation or reconstruction surgery need no longer worry about the safety of breast implants. The Woodlands plastic surgeon will do your breast implant based reconstruction in two stages. Visit http://www.drkimplasticsurgery.com to learn about your options



A Aaronson

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