Breast Implants Linked To Rare Blood Cancer In Small Proportion Of Women
The FDA says breast implants with textured surfaces are linked to at least 203 cancer cases, and that nine women have died. Nearly 300,000 people get breast implants each year in the U.S.
by Rebecca Hersher
Mar 22, 2017
2 minutes
The Food and Drug Administration says at least nine women have died of a rare blood cancer after receiving breast implants, and that the agency is officially acknowledging an association between the implants and the disease.
On Tuesday, the that as of Feb. 1, it had received 359 breast implant-associated reports of a
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