Political Quotes

“I am submitting a sense-of-the Senate resolution addressing the controversy surrounding the National Cancer Institute's recent policy statement questioning the effectiveness of mammography screening for women between the ages of 40 to 49. This resolution underscores that it is crucial to ensure that women between the ages of 40 to 49 have adequate access to mammography screening for the early detection of breast cancer. It also encourages the Public Health Service to work with national and international groups in determining what additional scientific studies should be conducted to test the effectiveness of emerging cancer screening technologies. Despite promising scientific advances in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, this very serious disease remains a major health threat to millions of American women. This year alone, over 182,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed and more than 46,000 women in the United States will die as a result of this devastating disease. Breast cancer is the most common cause of death for women aged 40 to 44. Indeed, since the current probability is that one in every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer, few families across this Nation will be untouched by this life-threatening disease.”