Breast Implant-Associated ALCL
- BIA-ALCL FAQs/Talking Points for Physicians [as of February 13, 2019]
- BIA-ALCL FAQs/Talking Points for Patients & Consumers [as of December 3, 2018]
- Patient Letter Template re: BIA-ALCL
- BIA-ALCL Advisory Update [as of July 2018]
- BIA-ALCL Frequently Asked Questions [as of January 2018]
- What’s Your Micromort? A Patient-Oriented Analysis of BIA-ALCL
- VIDEO: What’s Your Micromort? A Patient-Oriented Analysis of BIA-ALCL
- BIA-ALCL By the numbers, and what they mean
- March 2017 Statement
- “BEST PRACTICES” BREAST IMPLANT ASSOCIATED ALCL
- January 2017 Statement
- July 2016 Statement
Books Available on Amazon
- Silicone On Trial: Breast Implants and the Politics of Risk (2015)
- Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case (1997)
Connective Tissue-Related Issues
- Silicone Breast Implants and Connective Tissue Disease - No Association (2011)
- Prospective Cohort Study of Breast Implants and the Risk of Connective Tissue Diseases (2011)
- The Incidence of Fibromyalgia and its Associated Comorbidities: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study Based on International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision codes (2006)
- Silicone Breast Implants and Connective Tissue Disease: An Updated Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence (2004)
- Comparison of Self-Reported Diagnosis of Connective Tissue Disease with Medical Records in Female Health Professionals: The Women’s Health Cohort Study (1999)
- Self-Reported Breast Implants and Connective-Tissue Diseases in Female Health professionals. A Retrospective Cohort Study. (1998)
Long-Term Studies on Breast Implant Use
- Five-Year Safety Data for More Than 55,000 Subjects Following Breast Implantation (2017)
- Long-Term Safety of Textured and Smooth Breast Implants (2017)
- Long-Term Health Outcomes in Women with Silicone Gel Breast Implants: A Systematic Review (2016)
- Natrelle Silicone Breast Implant Follow-up Study: Demographics, Lifestyle, and Surgical Characteristics of More Than 5000 Reconstruction Subjects (2015)
- Ten-Year Results from the Natrelle 410 Anatomical Form-Stable Silicone Breast Implant Core Study (2015)
- Natrelle Round Silicone Breast Implants: Core Study Results at 10 Years (2014)
- Silicone Gel Breast Implants at 50: The State of the Science (2012)
- Mentor Contour Profile Gel Implants: Clinical Outcomes at 6 Years (2012)
General Implant Safety Information
- Update on the Safety of Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants (2011) - Executive Summary
- FDA Update on the Safety of Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants (2011)
- Safety of Silicone Breast Implants (1999)
Suicide Risk
- Characteristics of Women Who Have Had Cosmetic Breast Implants That Could Be Associated with Increased Suicide Risk: A Systematic Review, Proposing a Suicide Prevention Model (2015)
- Mortality and Suicide Among Danish Women with Cosmetic Breast Implants (2011)
- Excess Mortality from Suicide and Other External Causes of Death Among Women with Cosmetic Breast Implants (2007)
- Mortality Among Canadian Women with Breast Implants (2004)
- Characteristics of Women with and Without Breast Augmentation (1997)
Cancer Association/Risk
- The Accuracy of Self-Reported Skin Cancer Diagnosis: Room for Improvement (2016)
- Cancer among Scandinavian Women with Cosmetic Breast Implants: A Pooled Long-Term Follow-up Study (2008)
- Cancer Risk Among Los Angeles Women with Cosmetic Breast Implants (2007)
- Long-Term Cancer Risk Among Swedish Women with Cosmetic Breast Implants: An Update of a Nationwide Study (2006)
- Validity of Self-Reported Diagnoses of Cancer in a Major Spanish Prospective Cohort Study (2006)
- Cancer Incidence in a Cohort of Ontario and Quebec Women Having Bilateral Breast Augmentation (2006)
- Breast Cancer Following Augmentation Mammoplasty (United States) (2000)
- The Relationship Between Breast Cancer and Augmentation Mammaplasty: An Epidemiologic Study (1986)
Body Image
Postmenopausal Women
Neurology
Breastfeeding
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