Allergan’s BIOCELL® Textured Breast Implants Linked to Rare Lymphoma
In July 2019, Allergan plc issued a worldwide recall of two product categories, its BIOCELL® textured breast implants and its BIOCELL® tissue expanders. Over time, women who had received the BIOCELL® implants and expanders began developing breast implant-associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL), a rare type of lymphoma (blood cancer). To be clear, BIA-ALCL is not...
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Allergan Textured Breast Implants Linked to Causing Cancer
Women Implanted with Allergan’s Textured Breast Implants Are Now at Risk for Cancer In July 2019, Allergan (a manufacturer of breast implants) issued a worldwide recall of its Biocell textured breast implants and tissue expanders. This recall was made at the behest of the FDA after the FDA discovered a link between the implantation of...
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