The silicone breast implants could cause cancer
Author: Iren Calista
Breast implants saline or silicone may increase the incidence of a particular breast cancer, in particular the anaplastic large cell lymphoma or ALCL. From 1997 until now, the FDA has identified 60 cases of women with breast implants who have developed disease. In any case, the risk for women with implants develop the disease would be “very small, but significant,” so the FDA suggests checking with the doctor at the slightest symptom that may occur even decades after implantation.
The FDA has stated that more research is needed to determine the implants are the cause of the disease. The drug agency (FDA EPA) has released the results of an investigation that concluded that from 1997 to present 60 women with breast implants have been developed ALCL. The U.S. agency has indicated that women with these implants have a small risk of developing the disease, but still could be significant. ALCL is a rare cancer that affects only three out of 100 million people in the States.
In the case of women with breast implants, symptoms that have occurred are persistent swelling, lumps and pain in the areas near the implant. Symptoms usually appear one to twenty-three years after implantation. National Registry of Patients, however, the FDA has warned of the need for “more research” to determine conclusively that breast implants are the “cause” of ALCL, and has asked experts to report on other possible events in order to establish a “national registry of patients.” The drug agency has indicated that the goal is not “alarming.
“The chief scientist at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the FDA, William Maisel, explained that the FDA intends to “better understand the development of this cancer.” The findings provide the findings of ongoing studies on silicone implants will be released in the spring.
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