Silicone breast implants
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Little data exists on the use of silicone implants in breast cancer patients, according to a report sponsored by the National Research Center for Women & Families. "Sadly, those [breast cancer patients] are the women who, if products come on the market, will have been least studied and need to be studied the most," Susan Wood, PhD, former director of FDA's Office of Women's Health, said at a Feb. 3 press briefing in Washington, D.C. Silicone implants were made available for reconstruction in women with breast cancer under a Compassionate Need Exemption in 1992...
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