Breast Implants in the News
Local News Speaks to FDA about Breast Implant Safety
June 30, 2017
A group of women came forward to a local news station commenting on symptoms shared by them after having a breast augmentation. The news station then began to investigate these claims that their breast implants were making them sick! In their interview with the FDA, they ask about the current review process, monitoring, and plans to remove or suspend the sale of implants. Broadly the FDA responded by saying that they are developing a new form of patient registry to provide real-world data, that they had access to many sources of data to monitor the market, and that they did not have plans to remove implants at this time. They fully denied the possibility that these implants could have been the cause of all these mysterious symptoms!
Breast Implants and Cancer
May 14, 2017
This year the FDA finally acknowledged a link between breast implants and a rare form of cancer known now as Breast Implant Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma after 9 deaths and 359 reports of the disease. One woman, Raylene Hollrah, was diagnosed with BIA-ALCL from her implants which were used after reconstructing her breasts which were removed after a previous diagnosis with breast cancer.
