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Edited by S. Eva Singletary and Geoffrey L. Robb. 344 pp., illustrated. Hamilton, Ont., Canada, B.C. Decker, 2000. $79.95. ISBN 1-55009-106-9.

Every year in the United States, approximately 180,000 women receive a diagnosis of breast cancer. Almost no one is untouched by an association with the disease. Clinicians who provide care for women with breast cancer realize that their patients have a surprising degree of scientific sophistication regarding their illness and are often well versed in the current literature on the disease. There is a good deal of advocacy for education and research in breast cancer and for bringing current medical opinion and information directly to the people affected by breast disease.

In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration approved a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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