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| | National Cancer Institute Breast Implant Study - National Cancer Institute |
 | | Breast implants were first marketed in the early 1960s, before the 1976 Medical Device Amendments to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act required that medical devices be shown to be safe and effective. |
 | | In analyzing the data from the 7,447 breast implant patients and 2,203 patients with other types of plastic surgery, there were no differences between the two groups with respect to family income, number of pregnancies, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, histories of previous gynecologic operations, or operations for benign breast disease. |
 | | Breast implant participants, in comparison to patients with other types of plastic surgery, were 1.6 times as likely to die from respiratory cancer, two times as likely to die from brain cancer, and 2.6 times as likely to die from suicide. |
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