The current findings are based on data for 24,558 women who underwent breast augmentation, mostly with silicone-gel implants, between 1974 and 1989. Their cancer incidence was compared with that of the general population, as well as a group of 15,893 women who underwent other cosmetic procedures during the same time period.

Women in both cosmetic-surgery groups had lower-than-average rates of both breast cancer and cancer in general, with implant recipients showing the lowest breast cancer rate.

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