Return to. Reporting in the April issue of the Annals of Epidemiology, researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Bethesda, Md. , found that women with silicone breast implants were not at increased risk for most cancers. www. cancer. gov/newscenter/silicone-othercancers www. cancer. gov/newscenter/silicone-othercancers. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is conducting a study to determine the long-term health effects associated with silicone breast implants, including any changes in breast cancer risk. www. nci. nih. gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/siliconeimp. www. nci. nih. gov/cancertopics/factsheet/risk/siliconeimplantqa. Therefore, all evidence suggests that at least for the greater than 30-year time frame that silicone implants have been available, the risk of humans developing cancer from silicone breast implants is negligible, if not nil. www. emedicine. com/plastic/topic500. htm. Long-Awaited Government Studies Raise New Concerns about Silicone and Saline Breast Implants WASHINGTON, DC - Women who have breast implants are more likely to die from brain cancer, lung cancer, other respiratory diseases, and suicide compared to other plastic surgery patients, according to a comprehensive new study. www. center4research. org/implnt0601. html. The safety of silicone breast implants has been debated for years. There's no scientific evidence that ruptured silicone implants cause serious, long-term health problems, such as cancer or autoimmune disorders. www. mayoclinic. com/health/breast-implants/AN01212 www. mayoclinic. com/health/breast-implants/AN01212. Some surgeons feel that silicone implants have a more natural look and feel than saline implants because silicone gel has a texture that is similar to breast tissue. Saline Implants Saline implants have a silicone rubber shell that is inflated to the desired size with sterile saline. www. smartbreastaugmentation. com/implants. html www. smartbreastaugmentation. com/implants. html. Research has so far failed to prove a causative relationship between silicone implants and cancer or connective tissue disorders. www. medscape. com/medline/abstract/8402103. Authors: Stuart Bondurant, Virginia Ernster, and Roger Herdman, Editors; Committee on the Safety of Silicone Breast Implants, Description: The Dow Corning case raised serious questions about the safety of silicone breast implants and about larger issues of medical device testing and patient education. www. nap. edu/catalog/9602. html. An exhaustive review the first in almost a decade, including the latest evidence on the health effects of silicone breast implants finds no increase in the risk of cancers, connective tissue disea More than a dozen studies have evaluated the risk of cancer after cosmetic breast implants. www. medicalnewstoday. com/articles/86879. php. Embed URL. bb&ob; border-bottom : 1px solid #E2ECF5; &cb;.