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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 28, 2002

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.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 28, 2002

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.

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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

They believe mammograms are a very useful tool.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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.

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Tom Harkin
@tomharkin· Democratic · IA· Feb 28, 2002

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.'

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