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Characteristics of breast implants in mastectomy-treated breast cancer patients in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Breast Implant Surveillance Study, 1983–1989 (n = 866)a |
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| Silicone gel (n = 333) |
Saline (n = 149) |
Double lumen (n = 314) |
Other (n = 33) |
Unknown (n = 37) |
P value |
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% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
n |
% |
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| Prevalence of type |
38.4 |
17.2 |
36.3 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
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| Implant removal status |
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| No known removal |
244 |
73.3 |
77 |
51.7 |
216 |
64.9 |
15 |
45.5 |
25 |
67.6 |
0.0001 |
| Removed |
89 |
26.7 |
72 |
48.3 |
98 |
31.2 |
18 |
54.5 |
12 |
32.4 |
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| Implant replacement status |
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| No known replacement |
262 |
78.7 |
87 |
58.4 |
237 |
75.4 |
17 |
51.5 |
26 |
70.3 |
0.0001 |
| Replaced |
71 |
21.3 |
62 |
41.6 |
77 |
24.5 |
16 |
48.5 |
11 |
29.7 |
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aExcludes 133 patients with missing implant information and 19 patients with bilateral implants of disordant types | |||||||||||
Le et al. Breast Cancer Res 2005 7:R184 doi:10.1186/bcr974 |
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