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Breast cancer implant study suggests links with illness but has serious flaws

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/concerns-about-complications-from-breast-implants
Full article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Coroneos+CJ%2C+Selber+JC%2C+Offodile+AC%2C+et+al.+%E2%80%9CUS+FDA+Breast+Implant+Postapproval+Studies+Long-term+Outcomes+in+99%2C993+Patients.%E2%80%9D+Annals+of+Surgery%3B+2019.+269(1)%3A30%E2%80%9336.

THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED: In October 2021, the FDA issued guidance for people with breast implants Read our latest review on this topic.  

An article in the Annals of Surgery, researchers conclude that their work supports an association between silicone breast implants and a range of conditions. This journal article was accompanied by two editorials in which experts voiced their disagreement with the way the analysis was performed and the conclusions of the authors. (2/21/19)

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