Does long-term exposure to gel-filled silicone implants increase the risk of relapse after breast cancer?

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Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 525-528

  Petit, Jean Yves ^a,b   Lê, Monique ^a   Rietjens, Mario ^a,b   Contesso, Geneviève ^a   Lehmann, Andrée ^a   Mouriesse, Hélène ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast reconstruction; Gel filled silicone implants; Long term survival

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031646445     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169808400503     Document Type: Article

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