Breast Cancer: Winning the Battles, Losing the War : Joint Hearing Before the Select Committee on Aging and the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, October 1, 1992, Volume 4 |
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Page 37 - Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women, constituting 32 percent of all cancers in women.
Page 94 - Gail MH, Brinton LA, Byar DP, et aL Projecting individualized probabilities of developing breast cancer for white females who are being examined annually.
Page 58 - DIRECTOR NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BEFORE THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND LONG-TERM CARE...
Page 5 - YEAR — THAT INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE CLEVELAND AREA WOMAN EVERY DAY. HOWEVER, WE INVEST FAR TOO LITTLE ON EFFORTS TO CURE AND TREAT THESE DISEASES. IN THE PAST THREE YEARS OUR NATION HAS SPENT MORE MONEY ON DEFENSE RELATED RESEARCH THAN WE HAVE SPENT ON ALL BIO-MEDICAL RESEARCH CONDUCTED SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
Page 54 - Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out . It is hope, above all, which gives the strength to live and continually try new things.
Page 9 - I would ask unanimous consent that my full statement be made a part of the record.
Page 3 - I believe with the talent in this country that we can do it if we have the will to do it, if we have the political muscle to do it, and so I thank my colleagues for being here.
Page 90 - The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT), a study designed to see whether taking the drug tamoxifen will prevent breast cancer, is being conducted by the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) and is sponsored by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Page 59 - Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, I greatly appreciate the opportunity to appear before you...