Breast Cancer Information

As the following clinical studies indicate, the likelihood of developing breast cancer does not seem to increase with the use of silicone breast implants. A 1986 University of Southern California study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery investigated over 3,000 women in Los Angeles area who received silicone breast implants between 1959 and 1980.

Results found no increased risk of breast cancer following breast implant surgery compared to standard incidence ratios. A 1992 five year update of this study followed the same group and confirmed the original findings.

A 1992 University of Calgary study published in the New England Journal of Medicine investigated over I 1,000 women in Alberta, Canada who received silicone breast implants between 1973 and 1986. This study, did not find an increased risk of cancer among women who had received breast implants, although the length of follow-up, the completeness of follow-up, and the size of the cohort would have allowed the detection of such a risk.

A 1996 Georgia, New Jersey, and Washington study published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, investigated over 2,000 women with breast implants. The results of this study are consistent with those of the Los Angeles and Alberta studies, finding no association between silicone breast implants and breast cancer.

In the 1998 Edition of Advances in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, all the literature revision shows no relation between breast implants and any cancer or connective tissue disorders.