France urges breast implant removal over cancer risks
时间：2011-12-24 05:24:28
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PARIS, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- French health authorities on Friday urged 30,000 women to remove the local-made breast implant1, pledging that relevant expenses would be covered by the state.
The health
ministry2 said in a statement that they spot "no increased risk of cancer currently in women wearing the PIP (Poly Implant Prothese) brand compared with other
implants3."
"However, well-established risks associated with these prostheses are
rupture4 and irritant gel may lead to inflammatory reactions, making it difficult to explant," the statement added.
French Health Minister Xavier Bertrand advised French women who have the PIP implants to get them taken out "as a preventive measure but not of an urgent nature." The removal of the implant will be at the state's expense.
The recommendation came after eight cases, mainly breast cancer, were reported recently among women with PIP implants.
The involved implant was produced by the French company PIP, once the world's third-largest producer of silicone implants who sold its products to tens of thousands of women in more than 65 countries, mainly in South America and western Europe.
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