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...Answer to Cancer: Prevention The extraordinary missed opportunity in fighting cancer centers on the lack of primary prevention: avoid, reduce and eliminate exposure to carcinogens [Oct. 6]. Shamefully, the National Cancer Institute invests only a minuscule amount to prevent cancer, opting predominantly for a posteriori treatment. Mortality for certain cancers has decreased slightly in the past few years, but the incidence of cancer has not. With more than 100,000 chemicals and formula combinations on the consumer market and less than 5% being evaluated for cancer-causing potential, now is past the time for identifying chemical and environmental carcinogens. James...
...fear that the battle against cancer has turned into a study of greed. I am 60, and I have been watching family members die from cancer all my life, among them nonsmokers with lung cancer. I believe scientists could find a cure, but if they did, how many people would no longer be needed? Cancer has become big, big business. S. Michael Long, Levittown...
...Brief history of: bracelets" was interesting, but as a breast-cancer survivor, I found the omission of the pink bracelet insensitive to thousands of women, men, families and friends who have experienced or will experience this disease [Oct. 13]. Debby Tompkins, WESTFIELD, MASS...
...left out the most important bracelet. And October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! One woman receives a breast-cancer diagnosis every three minutes, and one woman dies from it every 13 minutes. We should remember this in October and every day. Sharon Stinson, BOSSIER CITY...
...good luck switching carriers with a pre-existing condition--which, in the case of a normal pregnancy and delivery, can cost $8,000 to $12,000. If instead you simply break your leg, all expenses are covered beyond your deductible. It's the same if you get cancer. And though a $7,500 deductible is really steep, it's better than having no safety...