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Is it possible to get breast cancer from airbags?
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No: A blow to the breast as from an airbag is likely to produce fat necrosis which feels like cancer and will need to be biopsied. Thankfully, it is quite benign and has no premalignant potential.
Answered 8/29/2013
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No: There is no known relationship between airbags and breast cancer. However sometimes a trauma like airbag may result in breast injury and subsequent evaluation and detection of breast cancer which was there but hadn't been diagnosed yet.
Answered 11/2/2015
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No: Breast cancer is not thought to be caused by trauma.
Answered 8/29/2013
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