Plastic surgeon Denis Boucq holds a defective silicone gel breast implant manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) after he removed it from a patient in a clinic in Nice Dec 21, 2011. French medical device regulatory authority (AFSSAPS) recalled PIP breast implants in March 2010 after it concluded that their performance and safety were not in accordance with current standards. France will offer surgery to remove the breast implants of up to 30,000 women if a study due out this week finds that the silicone they are made from could cause cancer, the health minister said on Tuesday.[Photo/Agencies]

Plastic surgeon Denis Boucq (R) operates on a patient to remove her silicone gel breast implants, manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), at a clinic in Nice Dec 21, 2011.[Photo/Agencies]