New Evidence Shows No Cancer Risk With Breast Implants

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A new study has shown that breast implants do not increase the risk of breast cancer, adding to recently mounting evidence that silicone implants do not in fact contribute to the disease.

The study, conducted by Canadian researchers at Laval University in Quebec, examined data involving more than 24,000 women who underwent breast augmentation surgery in the 1970s and 1980s. Most of the women had silicone-gel implants.

According to the findings, these women had a 43 percent lower rate of developing breast cancer than women in the general population. The women in the study further showed a below average risk of developing cancer of any kind.

Dr. Jacques Brisson, who led the team of researchers, said the reasons are unclear as to why women with implants had a lower risk of breast cancer.

Despite the unanswered questions, Dr. Brisson and his colleagues' findings support other studies that have found no evidence of a higher risk of cancer among breast implant recipients.

Danish researchers recently conducted a study in which they followed breast implant recipients for up to 30 years and found these women had no increased risk for cancer of any type.

Still, Dr. Brisson and his team said they would need to continue to follow the women who participated in the study to determine if the risk of breast cancer will eventually rise – especially once they become post-menopausal.

The findings of this study have been published in the International Journal of Cancer .

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