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Does Breast Augmentation increase the chances to develop breast cancer?

I am wanting a breast Augmentation but Breast cancer does run in my family. Just wondering if anyone who has had this done can tell me if it will increase my chances of breast cancer. I am sure the doctor will let me know, but I don't want to even waste my time going to the consult if the answer to my question is yes.
Thanks!

Breast implants do not cause breast cancer, but they can delay finding a breast cancer. It is impossible to image all of the breast tissue in a woman with implants. The implant hides quite a bit of breast tissue, so it is harder to find an early breast cancer on these screening mammograms. Also, a woman with no breast implants has a mammogram consisting of 4 exposures. Due to the extra images we take in a woman with implants, your radiation exposure is doubled to 8 exposures.

"The x-rays used for mammographic imaging of the breasts cannot penetrate silicone or saline implants well enough to image the overlying or underlying breast tissue. Therefore, some breast tissue (approximately 25%) will not be seen on the mammogram, as it will be covered up by the implant. In order to visualize as much breast tissue as possible, women with implants undergo four additional views as well as the four standard images taken during diagnostic mammography. In these additional x-ray pictures, called Eklund views or implant displacement (ID) views, the implant is pushed back against the chest wall and the breast is pulled forward over it."

http://imaginis.com/breasthealth/breastimplant1.asp

"Breast implants can impair detection of breast cancer because they are dense on mammograms and obscure some of the normal breast tissue. This requires special mammographic pictures in which the implants are pushed out of the way, but even with the special views, some normal breast tissue is obscured by the implants."

http://www.texasradiology.com/WomensImaging/

For these reasons, most mammographers are not fans of implants!

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