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Cancer Risk in Women with Augmentation Mammoplasty
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 18th, 1996
Amount: $622,524 per year. Grant Expires: This Fiscal Year. Project Number: 5 N01 CP21051-010. Principal Investigator: Theodore Colton. Performing Organization: ABT Associates, Inc. Abstract: "A retrospective cohort study of approximately 12,000 women with cosmetic augmentation mammoplasty is planned. The women will be assembled from a number of different plastic surgery practices in geographically dispersed areas. Attempts will be made to achieve an average of 10 years of follow-up and to have a sufficient number of women with different types of implants, particularly the polyurethane foam coated types. Medical records will be...
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