Breast cancer detection and survival among women with cosmetic breast implants: Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 346, Issue 7909, 2013, Pages

  Lavigne, Eric ^a,b   Holowaty, Eric J ^c   Pan, Sai Yi ^b   Villeneuve, Paul J ^c,d   Johnson, Kenneth C ^e   Fergusson, Dean A ^f   Morrison, Howard ^b   Brisson, Jacques ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST IMPLANT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CINAHL; EMBASE; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84878267859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f2399     Document Type: Article

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