Three highly textured breast implants banned over cancer fears | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Five women in Australia and New Zealand have died of BIA-ALCL and more than 100 have been diagnosed with the rare cancer of the immune system that develops in the fluid and scar tissue surrounding the implants.

Microgram of anaplastic large cell lymphoma.Credit: Wikipedia

All cases have involved textured implants, and the greater the texture the higher the risk, data suggests.

There have been 964 confirmed and suspected cases of BIA ALCL and 36 confirmed deaths[1] worldwide, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports. The first case was reported in 1997.

Despite the first cases of BIA ALCL being described over a decade ago, it is only in the last three years that robust research and data collection has shed light on the risks.