➖ “Don’t Say the Word “Cancer” – Use “Condition” Instead, Head of Plastic Surgery Association Advised Members WASHINGTON, D.C. – The presidents of two leading plastic surgery organizations urged members to inaccurately downplay the significance of recent evidence about the risks of breast implant-related cancer when speaking to female patients, according to the transcript of portions of a Feb. 3 members-only webinar sent to Public Citizen by a concerned plastic surgeon. Don’t use the word “cancer” – instead use “condition,” one of the presidents advised. Public Citizen sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today to alert it to the practice and to call for it to be stopped. The FDA announced Jan. 26, a week before the webinar, that there has been a growing number of published cases documenting an unusual kind of cancer surrounding the breast in women with implants. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) held the webinar partly in response to the announcement.” #deehicks #explantliaison #explant #shadyaf