Cancer risk among Danish women with cosmetic breast implants

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 998-1003

  Friis, Søren ^a   Hölmich, Lisbet M ^a,b   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^c,d   Kjøller, Kim ^a   Fryzek, Jon P ^c,d   Henriksen, Trine F ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast implants; Cancer incidence; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Risk

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31544462111     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21433     Document Type: Article

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