Is breast cancer easier to detect with subpectoral rather than subglandular breast implants?
Let’s answer another question first. Long–term, large–scale studies have shown that there is no difference in breast cancer rates between women with breast implants and women without breast implants. With regard to breast cancer detection, it has been found that submuscular breast implant placement allows for greater visualization of the breast when compared with subglandular placement, regardless of breast size and breast implant type and size. Using the Eklund mammography technique, a mammographic view that displaces breast implants to increase the amount of breast tissue that can be seen, about 85% of the breast tissue of women with submuscular breast implants can be visualized, compared with 64% for women with subglandular placement and 90% or more for women without breast implants. Compared with the standard view, the Eklund technique increases the breast tissue revealed from 56% to 64% for subglandular placement of breast implants and from 75% to 85% for submuscular placement. Wi
