Breast implants do not cause cancer.

Despite news media excesses and actions of tort lawyers, women who receive silicone gel-filled breast implants do not have a higher risk of breast cancer or other cancers and do not experience lower survival rates after breast cancer diagnosis, according to a new report published in the November issue of Annals of Plastic Surgery. This is the first exhaustive review in almost a decade of the health effects of cosmetic breast implants. This is one more study that should caution the public and the courts about a rush to judgement based on mass media hysteria and activist statements. The courts are not the place to test scientific data.