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Breast implants and cancer of the breast

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The insertion of a breast implant involves no risk as regards the development of cancer of the breast, and it is of course a technique often used for reconstruction after mastectomy.

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Bricout, N. (1996). Breast implants and cancer of the breast. In: Breast surgery. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0926-7_23

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