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- Plastic Surgeons Trivialize Cancer in Implant Patients, Group Says, Health Leaders Media, February 18, 2011.
- Dispute Over Cancer Tied to Implants, New York Times, February 17, 2011.
- Implants safe, surgeons' groups say, Modern Medicine, February 10. 2010.
- American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Statement on Breast Implant and Cancer Relationship, January 28, 2011.
- Important Health News on Breast Implants, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, January 26, 2011.
- Call for investigation into safety of breast implants, TheHill.com, February 7, 2011.
- Breast implants still plagued by safety concerns, Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2011.
- Allergan/JNJ: Cancer association with breast implants has 'very little' impact on plastic surgeon community;recalls highly unlikely, FT.com/Pharmawire, January 28, 2011.
- ASPS Collaborates With FDA to Establish Breast Implant Registry, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, January 26, 2011.
- FDA review indicates possible association between breast implants and a rare cancer, FDA.gov, January 26, 2011.
- FDA statement. "The FDA has identified a possible association between breast implants and the development of anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a rare type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. ALCL is not cancer of the breast tissue. The FDA believes that women with breast implants may have a very low but increased risk of developing ALCL adjacent to the breast implant. A literature review identified 34 unique cases of ALCL in women with breast implants worldwide. In total, the agency is aware of approximately 60 cases of ALCL in women with breast implants that were identified through the FDA’s contact with other international regulatory agencies, scientific experts and breast implant manufacturers. This is a very small fraction of the 5-10 million women who have received breast implants worldwide. Additional data is needed to fully understand the possible relationship between ALCL and breast implants. The FDA is asking health care providers to report all confirmed cases of ALCL in women with breast implants through FDA’s MedWatch Program. The documents below include the FDA’s analyses of the data and steps we plan to take to better understand and characterize the possible association."
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- American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Statement on Breast Implant and Cancer Relationship, January 28, 2011.
- Notable. "... According to the National Cancer Institute, ALCL appears in different parts of the body including the lymph nodes and skin. Each year ALCL is diagnosed in about 1 out of 500,000 women in the United States. ALCL located in breast tissue is found in only about 3 out of every 100 million women nationwide without breast implants. In total, the agency is aware of about 60 cases of ALCL in women with breast implants worldwide... The incidence of primary ALCL in the breast of U.S. females is approximately 1.2 per year..."
- Important Health News on Breast Implants, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, January 26, 2011.
- Hobson K, About that Breast Implant/Cancer Risk... Wall Street Journal Health Blog, January 27, 2011.
