2022 Practice Recommendation Updates From the World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Laboratory and clinical research on breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is rapidly evolving. Changes in standard of care and insights into best practice were recently presented at the 3rd World Consensus Conference on BIA-ALCL.

Objectives

The authors sought to provide practice recommendations from a consensus of experts, supplemented with a literature review regarding epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, socio-psychological aspects, and international authority guidance.

Methods

A literature search of all manuscripts between 1997 and August 2021 for the above areas of BIA-ALCL was conducted with the PubMed database. Manuscripts in different languages, on non-human subjects, and/or discussing conditions s

SUBMITTER: Santanelli di Pompeo F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9924046 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature