## Abstract The available epidemiologic evidence does not support a carcinogenic effect of silicone breast implants on breast or other cancers. Data on cancer risk other than breast cancer are limited and few studies have assessed cancer risk beyond 10–15 years after breast implantation. We extende
Cosmetic breast implants and cancer risk
✍ Scribed by Roxanne Nelson
- Book ID
- 117783947
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1470-2045
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