High Surface-Area textured implants are associated with ALCL Cancer
A team from Australia and New Zealand have pooled together the local data from industry on breast implants inserted and the cases ofBreast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma cancer to calculate the risk in the region. Loch-Wilkinson A, Beath KJ, Knight RJW, Wessels WLF, Magnusson M, Papadopoulos T, Connell T, Lofts J, Locke M, Hopper I, Cooter R, Vickery K, Joshi PA, Prince HM, Deva AK. Breast Implant-Associated Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma inAustralia and New Zealand: High-Surface-Area Textured Implants Are Associated with Increased Risk. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Oct;140(4):645-654