Wearing breast implants increases the risk of anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a disease of the immune system. The American agency in charge of the drug, the FDA, warns women about this risk.
Ten million women around the world wear breast implants. In France, they were estimated at 400,000 in 2014, according to the ministry of health. Prostheses that are not without risks. In the United States, health authorities have identified several cases of cancer of the immune system linked to the wearing of breast implants.
FDA warning
The FDA, the food and drug association, is the American body that authorizes the marketing of foods and drugs. At the end of March, she updated her site and posted a warning about breast prostheses. The article reveals a link between these and the risk of anaplastic large cell lymphoma, a disease of the immune system. According to the FDA, in most cases, lymphoma is detected in scar tissue and in fluids near the implant. Sometimes it spreads throughout the whole body. The number of identified cases increased from 359 to 414 in one year. Nine women are believed to have died.
A warning in France from 2015
In France, 29 cases have been identified. A group of experts conducted research on the subject in 2015, brought together by the national cancer institute, and concludes that there is a “clearly established link between the occurrence of anaplastic large cell lymphoma and the wearing of a breast implant”. The researchers say the risk is low. In most cases, the cancer would appear between 11 and 15 years after the placement of the first implant.
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