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Can silicon or hydro gel injections cause cancer?
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No: We've been looking at inert foreign materials for over a century and the cancer risk seems near-zero except for a few older orthopedic implants that may have presented some small extra risk. To cause cancer, something needs to be able to either mutate dna or cause preposterously increased cell turnover.
Answered 1/27/2014
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