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Updated statement on Breast Implant Safety

The ABS, BAAPS, BAPRAS and MHRA released the following statement on breast implant safety on the 4th April 2019.

Update on the breast screening incident

The following information is an update on the national breast screening incident.

Allergan Textured Breast Implants - Further advice to surgeons

The ABS has issued this further update to its members on the 21st December 2019

Allergan Impact Study

The ABS circulated the attached message to its members on the 21st December

Allergan Textured Breast Implants - advice to surgeons

The ABS has released the following statement on the 20th December 2018.

Allergan Textured Breast Implants

The ABS issued the following statement on the 19th December 2018

Breast implant safety

Joint statement: The Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) The British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)

Statement from Binita Ashar, M.D., of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health on agency’s commitment to studying breast implant safety

A recent paper in the Annals of Surgery has looked at the long-term outcomes of breast implants in approximately 100,000 patients as part of the post approval studies.

Breast Cancer Screening Update: Written statement

Women offered NHS breast screening after missed invitations

The following statement has been made by Public Health England: 'The decision follows analysis by Public Health England (PHE) dating back to 2009, which found that a number of invitations for a final test had not been sent out to women, between their 68th and 71st birthday. The total number of older...