Silicone Expert Witnesses & Silicone Breast Implants

Silicone expert witnesses may write reports and testify on silicone breast implants, silicone products, and silicone polymers. In FDA Sees No New Safety Signals for Silicone Breast Implants, John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today, writes:

The FDA’s preliminary review of postmarketing studies on silicone breast implants, released Wednesday, found no evidence that the products increase the risk of breast cancer, reproductive abnormalities, or other problems. But, the report also noted, “no study has been large enough or long enough to completely rule out these and other rare complications.”

The report shed no new light on the previously reported cases of anaplastic large-cell lymphoma potentially associated with silicone gel implants. It merely noted that the relationship was still under investigation.

Read more: medpagetoday.