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the only thing that we have is the breast and cervical screening program at CDC, which the women of Congress initiated.

But, Doctor, isn't that true of any clinical trial? Some get the treatment, and some do not; some get the diagnosis, and some do not.

My question is this, Doctor. You have read the Danish study of Drs. Olsen and Gotzsche...

I extend a warm welcome to Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, the new Director of the National Cancer Institute, as he testifies at his first hearing.

I do believe that mammograms save lives, and we need to know when is the best time to get them.

we could afford it, and that is part of what Senator Harkin and I have done.

the President to impose tariffs to allow the steel industry to revitalize itself.

We made a commitment 5 years ago as a Congress, the Senate and the House, that we were going to double funding for NIH.

Every 3 minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in this country.

They believe mammograms are a very useful tool.

Every single person I talked to yesterday in my State of Iowa answered yes.

It is very difficult to make up your mind when you are faced with a life-threatening illness.

I thought the answer to that was, all other things being equal, yes, it makes a difference.

We have a breast cancer epidemic in this country. Every three minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.

I have looked very carefully at the study that was done by Olsen and Gotzsche, and it seems to me that first of all, these were mammographies that were done in the 1960's and 1970's and maybe in the early 1980's.

In your statement, you say that 'Women with breast cancer detected mammographically have extremely good prognosis in comparison with those having cancer detected any other way.'








