Mentor MemoryShape Lawsuit Over Breast Implant-Associated ALCL Risk Cleared To Move Forward
A federal judge rejected a request by manufacturers to dismiss a Mentor MemoryShape lawsuit brought by a woman diagnosed with breast implant ALCL
Topic Archives: Breast Implant
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Breast Implant ALCL Risk Evaluated in New Study
Allergan faces more than 1,000 breast implant ALCL lawsuits, as researchers continue to work to better understand the risk women face from certain designs
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Breast Implant Removals Rarely Involve Complaints About Symptoms of Breast Implant Illness: Study
Capsular contraction and implant ruptures are far more common causes for complications and surgical revisions than breast implant illness, researchers reported
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Breast Implants Linked to Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Lymphoma in the Capsule, FDA Warns
The FDA is aware of 22 cases of squamous cell carcinoma and lymphomas linked to breast implants, which are unrelated to prior breast implant cancer warnings
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FDA Survey to Determine How Women Weigh Breast Implant Cancer Risks
The survey was designed and sent out after an Allergan textured breast implant recall due to the risk of breast implant associated ALCL
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Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis Occurs In About 1 in 7 Cases: Study
Increases in mammogram screening results in early detection, but also "overdiagnosis" of cancers that never would have caused harm
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Breast Implant ALCL Lawsuits Continue To Mount As New Cases of Cancer Diagnosed
Women continue to be diagnosed with BIA-ALCL and other health problems more than two years after Allergan's Biocell breast implants were recalled.
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Breast Implant Cancer Risks, Health Side Effects Outlined in New FDA Warnings
Requirements include a Boxed Warning about breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), and a mandatory patient decision checklist, among others
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Mentor MemoryShape Siltex Implants Caused Breast Implant Lymphoma, Lawsuit Alleges
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More Than 600 Allergan Breast Implant Lawsuits and Class Action Claims Pending in Federal MDL
