Polypropylene mesh slings and cancer: An incidental finding or association?

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Late-presenting with a tumor-like mass giant cell reaction related to retropubic midurethral sling.Urology case reports · 2023
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2. Hernia and Cancer: The Points Where the Roads Intersect.Frontiers in surgery · 2019
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3. Tumor-Like Reaction to Polypropylene Mesh from a Mid-Urethral Sling Material Resembling Giant Cell Tumor of Vagina.Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology · 2017
   Article
4. Evaluation of the local carcinogenic potential of mesh used in the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence.International urogynecology journal · 2016
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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