Rare cancer linked breast-implant used by millions-women lymphoma

“A type of breast implant used by millions of women around the world is under scrutiny after French surgeons were advised to stop using it because of a potential link with a rare kind of cancer.

Textured breast implants have been linked with anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), which forms in the scar capsule around the implant and normally begins with pain and swelling in the breast.

Women who have the implants and capsules removed can make a full recovery, but if left untreated the disease can spread throughout the body and become life-threatening…”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/26/rare-cancer-linked-breast-implant-used-by-millions-women-lymphoma

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