Charity News from Wednesday, Jul. 25, 2001Israel-NCI Study* of the Use of Oral Contraceptives and Risk of Ovarian Cancer in Women with Alterations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 GenesNational Cancer Institute | The purpose of the current study was to evaluate whether the use of oral contraceptives reduces the risk of ovarian cancer in women with specific alterations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. The researchers found that for women with alterations in BRCA1... Scientists Report Complete Remissions in Early Leukemia Trial National Cancer Institute | Scientists report today in the New England Journal of Medicine* that 11 of 13 patients with hairy cell leukemia, a cancer of the immune system, had complete remissions after receiving adequate treatment with the recombinant immunotoxin BL22. A ... American Cancer Society's Informed Decisions American Cancer Society | Second Edition to be available in November The second edition of the American Cancer Society's award-winning book, Informed Decisions, the essential reference for anyone confronting cancer, will be in bookstores on November 1, 2001. Written in an... Cancer Activists, Tobacco Farmers Join Together for Public Health American Cancer Society | The American Cancer Society, the nation's leading voluntary health organization, today joined with more than 200 tobacco growers and other public health activists at an unprecedented rally on the two communities' common interests in addressing ...
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