Breast Cancer and the Environment: Prioritizing Prevention

The February 2013 Congressional Mandated Committee report from the National Institutes of Health recommended a national strategy that shifts the focus of breast cancer research from diagnosis and treatment to the causes and prevention. An overview:

• Breast Cancer Burden
• Major Advances in Breast Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment
• State of the Science: Part 1 – Principles, Approach, and Mechanisms
• State of the Science: Part 2 – Evidence From Animal and Human Studies and CrossCutting Themes
• Research Process
• Research Translation, Dissemination, and Communication of Research Related to Breast Cancer and the Environment: From Science to Society and Back Again
• The Path Forward

Read Breast Cancer and the Environment: Prioritizing Prevention, Report of the Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Coordinating Committee, February 2013

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