Despite an outcry from women to ban a particular type of breast implant associated with a rare cancer, the sale of those implants will be allowed in the United States, the FDA says
Women considering breast implants will soon receive more strongly worded warnings about the dangers of the products before they decide to have the surgery, and the agency will continue to study the issue.Are breast implants safe enough? The FDA reviews the popular procedure this weekAt a two-day public advisory meeting in late March, a number of women spoke out about their health problems after receiving breast implants.
Though applauding the work of the registries in its statement, the FDA said that"more needs to be done to increase the number of health care professionals contributing to the registries and types of information collected by the registries."The agency pointed out that it was been monitoring the risks of breast implants since 2011 and and considers the issue a priority.CNN's Jacqueline Howard and Kevin Flower contributed to this report.
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