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Information for Women About the Safety of Silicone Breast Implants (2000) / Chapter Skim
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... Randomized, controlled trials have confirmed that mammography significantly decreases breast cancer death rates. Women with cosmetic breast implants undergo mammography and other imaging techniques just as do women without implants.
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... So far, there is insufficient evidence about their effectiveness and safety. Many of the concerns about implants and mammograms arose in the 1960s and 1970s when both mammograms and silicone breast implants were in their infancy.
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... provides high-quality cross-sectional images of the inside of the body without the use of x-rays. This imaging device can be used to detect the presence of silicone gel and is the diagnostic too!
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  • breast tissue
  • breast cancer
  • breast implant
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  • submuscular implant
  • finding breast
  • implant capsule
  • reviewed available
  • committee suggests

  • cancer death
  • indicate silicone
  • doctors consider
  • resonance imaging
  • augmented breasts

  • studied include
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  • monitor screen
  • sonograms suggest
  • unnecessary compression

  • consider submuscular
  • bean oils
  • undergo mammography
  • imaging device
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