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...study supporting the efficacy of breast-conserving surgery (partial mastectomy, lumpectomy) for cancer patients was questioned after revelations that some of the data had been falsified. But new research confirms that, other factors being equal, survival rates after the less disfiguring procedures are at least as good as rates after total mastectomy...
...Contrary to earlier findings, a large-scale study shows no association between the pesticide DDT and breast cancer...
...Despite advances in the detection and treatment of breast cancer, a new report shows the death rate from the disease among black women rose sharply (21%) from 1980 to 1991, while the rate for white women increased less than 1%. A major factor: lack of access to adequate care...
Researchers looking for mutant strands of DNA in skin-cancer cells have discovered a gene that may be at the root of many -- if not most -- cancers, including such major types as lung, breast, brain, bone, bladder, kidney, ovary and lymphocyte. In healthy tissue, the gene acts as a brake on runaway cell division. Scientists hope that by replacing damaged genes with healthy ones, they may someday be able to prevent many types of cancer...
Under harsh questioning at a congressional hearing, the heads of the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute apologized for their failure to properly monitor a falsified breast-cancer study. The officials reiterated their belief in the validity of the study results, despite the flaws...