Breast implants and scleroderma
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
University of Michigan researchers find "no statistically significant association between silicone breast implants and scleroderma" and also "no association between any contact with silicone and scleroderma," Dow-Corning says. The company-sponsored study examined 377 Michigan women diagnosed with scleroderma between 1980 and 1991. The cases represent 83% of scleroderma patients in the state during that period. The study also includes 1,184 Michigan women in a control group. Of the 16 women in the unpublished study who had breast implants, two also had scleroderma. A final version of the study will be available from U-M at the end of June...