By FnF Desk | PUBLISHED: 20, Oct 2017, 6:20 am IST | UPDATED: 20, Oct 2017, 6:23 am IST
Delhi: A new study has found textured breast implants could cause a rare and aggressive form of cancer that is difficult to treat, according to a report by the Daily Mail.
While previous research has linked breast implants to cancer, this study confirms that “textured" implants could be the culprit to this form of the deadly disease.
Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is the cancer researches warn is on the rise.
Researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine conducted the latest study on breast implant's link to cancer. 115 articles in connection with the disease were reviewed for the study. The team investigated how the disease develops, how it is diagnosed, treated and what the risk factors for the patients are.
The results revealed one in 30,000 women with breast implants is affected by BIA-ALCL. They also found close to all those cases had an association to textured implants.
"We're seeing that this cancer is likely very underreported, and as more information on this type of cancer comes to light, the number of cases is likely to increase in the coming years," study researcher Professor Dino Ravnic told the Daily Mail.
The team did not find any case of BIA-ALCL before textured implants came into play, which is why they strongly believe there is a relationship between this implant and the disease. However, to confirm their findings further research is needed.
"In many of these cases the implant was removed without testing the surrounding fluid and tissue for lymphoma cells, so it's difficult to definitively correlate the two," Professor Ravnic explained.
by : Priti Prakash
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