title: Breast cancer risk in women treated with augmentation mammoplasty (review).
abstract: Surgical implantation of breast prostheses has become increasingly popular             while the incidence of breast cancer is increasing each year. There has been no             definitive consensus regarding the casual relationship between augmentation mammoplasty             and breast cancer incidence, detection, treatment, mortality and survival. This             review summarizes the published evidence, including epidemiological studies and             case reports. All studies examined state that there is no breast cancer risk in             prior augmented women. Moreover, there is also no significant difference in frequency,             stage or mean tumor size between augmented and non-augmented women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgery Specialties, Section of Plastic Surgery, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy. alessiostivala@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Alessio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stivala
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Libra
authors.forename: Franca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stivala
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perrotta
mesh_terms: D019928:Breast Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012307:Risk Factors; D047368:Tumor Burden