{"id":9684,"date":"2019-07-26T18:41:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.rftcjapan.org\/pickup-article\/breast-implants-linked-to-rare-cancer-are-recalled-worldwide\/"},"modified":"2019-07-26T18:41:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T09:41:13","slug":"breast-implants-linked-to-rare-cancer-are-recalled-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pickup-article\/breast-implants-linked-to-rare-cancer-are-recalled-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer Are Recalled Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>(English Text Only)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer Are Recalled Worldwide<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Denise Grady, The New York Times<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Textured breast implants made by Allergan that have been linked to an unusual cancer are being recalled in the United States at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, and will also be recalled globally, the agency announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F.D.A. decision, based on an increasing number of cases and deaths from the implant-associated cancer, lags far behind action in Europe, where the Allergan devices were effectively banned late last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worldwide, 573 cases and 33 deaths from the cancer have been reported, with 481 of the cases clearly attributed to Allergan Biocell implants, the F.D.A. said. Of the 33 deaths, the agency said its data showed that the type of implant was known in 13 cases, and in 12 of those cases the maker was Allergan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe data regarding deaths was particularly informative of our decisions,\u201d said Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, director of the F.D.A.\u2019s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/24\/health\/breast-implants-cancer-recall.html?campaign_id=60&amp;instance_id=0&amp;segment_id=15502&amp;user_id=2506c68bbb46e682bce4ee5a1355fa45&amp;regi_id=13511747ing-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read more <\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(English Text Only) Breast Implants Linked to Rare Cancer Are Recalled Worldwide By Denise Grady, The New York Times Textured breast implants made by Allergan that have been linked to an unusual cancer are being recalled in the United States at the request of the Food and Drug Administration, and will also be recalled globally, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[271,272,277],"class_list":["post-9684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pickup-article","tag-allergan","tag-allergan-biocell","tag-worldwide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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