X-Ray Mammography: Silent Treatment for a Troublesome Report
1977; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 296; Issue: 17 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1056/nejm197704282961733
ISSN1533-4406
Autores Tópico(s)Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
ResumoWhen a major organization with a percussive public-relations section chooses only to whisper about relevant big news — well, that's akin to the Sherlock Holmes watchdog that didn't bark or Admiral Nelson responding to retreat signals with a telescope held to his blind eye.The major organization of interest here now is the National Cancer Institute (NCI), bankroll for and presumed leader of the so-called War on Cancer, which, among many other undertakings, includes a five-year breast-cancer screening project that has drawn in some 270,000 women since its inception in 1974.Though it's no secret — secrecy being anathema in . . .
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