Breast Implants and the Risk of Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma in the Breast.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Breast implants are among the most commonly used medical devices. Since 2008, the number of women with breast implants diagnosed with anaplastic large-cell lymphoma in the breast (breast-ALCL) has increased, and several reports have suggested an association between breast implants and risk of breast-ALCL. However, relative and absolute risks of breast-ALCL in women with implants are still unknown, precluding evidence-based counseling about implants.

Objective

To determine relative and absolute risks of breast-ALCL in women with breast implants.

Design, setting, and participants

Through the population-based nationwide Dutch pathology registry we identified all patients diagnosed with primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the breast between 1990 and 2016 and retrie

SUBMITTER: de Boer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885827 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature