Breast implants tied to rare cancer to remain on U.S. market

  • 📰 CBSHealth
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 44 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 21%
  • Publisher: 51%

Business News News

Business Business Latest News,Business Business Headlines

There have been more than 600 of these cancer cases worldwide, but the FDA decided against a ban

of breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma after noticing a lump under her arm.

"I could feel a mass that was the size of an egg, it was an egg to a lemon [sized], it was very large," she told"CBS This Morning" in 2017. She learned it was cancer, possibly connected to the cosmetic breast implants she'd had put in 17 years ago. "I was never informed that I could possibly get cancer. Basically they said they're 100 percent safe," Rogers said.

Diana Zuckerman, who has studied breast implant safety, said a ban may not be necessary to phase out textured ones."I think a lot of physicians are going to avoid them and patients are going to say they don't want them," said Zuckerman, president of the nonprofit, National Center for Health Research, which evaluates studies and conducts its own research.Breast augmentation is the most popular form of cosmetic surgery in the U.S.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 480. in BUSİNESS

Business Business Latest News, Business Business Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

FDA takes action to protect patients from risk of certain textured breast implants; requests Allergan voluntarily recall certain breast implants and tissue expanders from marketAt US_FDA's request, Allergan is recalling all of its Biocell textured breast implants to protect women from the risk of breast implant–associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
Source: HHSGov - 🏆 147. / 63 Read more »