Are Breast Implants Can Cause Cancer?
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Food Safety Authority and the United States Drug Administration (FDA) said it is currently undertaking a review of possible risk and the relationship between breast implants and a rare form of cancer.
Cancer called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), which attacks the lymph nodes and skin, also reportedly appeared on the scar tissue growing around the breast implant. According to the Lymphoma Research Foundation, in addition to rare ALCL also known as an aggressive type of blood cancer, and contributes about 3 percent of all blood cancers in adults.
The FDA has requested that all medical personnel in the United States to report all cancer cases are thus simplifying the research process. The FDA has so far recorded the incidence of this type of cancer is only about 60 cases worldwide, or between 5 and 10 million women who wear breast implants. FDA also conducted a study with literature review in 1997 and examines the information obtained from these countries and the industry.
Most cases of this rare type of cancer were reported after patients sought treatment for complaints that they experience such as pain, swelling, lumps and other issues surrounding the former location of the implant surgery.
The FDA has thus far not seen any difference in rates of cancer among patients who wore silicone or saline implants. They also found no difference in patients who do implants for cosmetic reasons in patients undergoing surgery for reasons of reconstruction after breast cancer.
Because of this very rare case of cancer, researchers FDA indicated that this study will not be easy to conclude. Preliminary research is needed to collect up to hundreds of thousands of women for over 10 years.
The FDA now will continue to collaborate with American Society of Plastic Surgeons in recording patients with cancer and then monitor their progress over time.
