Breast implants are cleared of cancer risk
BREAST implants manufactured by a French company do not cause cancer but they may be at greater risk of rupture, experts have warned.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said it had received "encouraging results" from tests on silicone gel breast implants manufactured by the company Poly Implant Prosthese. Some 50,000 British women are thought to have had the implants.
MHRA director of clinical devices, Dr Susanne Ludgate, said: "It's reassuring that our test results have shown no evidence of any associated risks with the filler material. We are however waiting for the results of the French tests which are more extensive and include mechanical testing of the implant shell because there may be a suggestion of an increased rupture rate compared with other implants."
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