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Patricia Schroeder: “Today is International Women's Day. It is also National Women's History Week. But we see the National Cancer Institute…”

On the recordMarch 8, 1994
Today is International Women's Day. It is also National Women's History Week. But we see the National Cancer Institute, which is fully funded by Federal taxpayers, one more time sending a terribly confusing message to women. The women in this body have been trying very hard to get American women to, please, go for mammograms and cancer screening. We know that breast cancer is now an epidemic in America, killing one out of eight, up from one out of nine. Mammograms and early detections can save lives. Nevertheless, the National Cancer Institute is now saying maybe it is not necessary under the age of 50. Well, there are cases all over the place. There are studies all over the place showing that it is necessary and that it will not save every life, but it will save a significant number of lives. Many of us today are very angry that the National Cancer Institute continues to play so fast and loose with women's lives.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
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Addressing concerns about the National Cancer Institute's guidelines on mammograms on International Women's Day.

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