Three more women have died from a cancer associated with certain kinds of breast implants—all within a six-month period starting just weeks before those implants were recalled.
At least 36 women have now died of a cancer known as BIA-ALCL, for "breast implant–associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma," according to data the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released last week. The disease, which is not a breast cancer, has been linked in academic studies to a "textured" type of breast implants made by several manufacturers, and has especially affected patients with implants made by Allergan.
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