The relationship of silicone breast implants and cancer at other sites

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 7 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CARCINOMA;

BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SILICONE GELS;

EID: 37349027998     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000286573.72187.6e     Document Type: Article

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