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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2002

A growing set of research is fueling the debate over cancer screenings, casting doubt on the claim that early testing will lead to better treatment.

Mammogram screenings have been a large part of the battle. But a recently published study has shown that testing can miss a deadly childhood cancer.

Federal health officials and the medical industry has encouraged breast cancer screenings. An alternative involving genetic testing is under development and be more effective.

Health experts disagree on the benefits of mammograms and have different conclusions about studies which have come to contradictory conclusions about early testing.

Get the Story:
Test Proves Fruitless, Fueling New Debate on Cancer Screening (The New York Times 4/9)
Telling the Threatening Tumors From the Harmless Ones (The New York Times 4/9)
Mammogram Centers Facing Rising Costs and Low Reimbursements (The New York Times 4/9)
Different Conclusion From the Same Study (The New York Times 4/9)
Advocates Strive to Defeat Cancer but Disagree on Methods (The New York Times 4/9)
Breast Cancer: Mammography Finds More Tumors. Then the Debate Begins. (The New York Times 4/9)
Prostate Cancer: Death Rate Shows a Small Drop. But Is It Treatment or Testing? (The New York Times 4/9)
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Relevant Links:
National Cancer Institute - http://www.cancer.gov
The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program - http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/NBCCEDP
Ten Years of Progress, The NBCCEDP - http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/NBCCEDP/anniversary.htm

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