Silicone Breast Implants: An Oncologic Perspective

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1427-1433

  Gerszten, Kristina ^a   Gerszten, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; IRRADIATION; LAW SUIT; MAMMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICONE GELS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031758293     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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