Although millions of women worldwide have received breast implants for cosmetic or medical reasons, possible late effects (in particular cancer) have not been well studied. To provide quantitative information on cancer occurrence among women undergoing breast implant surgery, 1,135 women treated for
Cancer occurrence after cosmetic breast implantation in Denmark
✍ Scribed by Lene Mellemkjær; Kim Kjøller; Søren Friis; Joseph K. McLaughlin; Charlotte Høgsted; Jeanette F. Winther; Vibeke Breiting; Christen Krag; Susanne Krüger Kjær; William J. Blot; Jørgen H. Olsen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 61 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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