Breast Augmentation: A Risk Factor for Breast Cancer?

18 June 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine

Vol. 326 (25) , 1649-1653
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199206183262501

Abstract

A relation between breast augmentation and the subsequent risk of breast cancer has been postulated. Since an estimated 2 million women in the United States alone have received breast implants, even a small increase in the risk of breast cancer could have considerable public health consequences.

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