A better environment for breast cancer? (The Beat).New data from several sources--including the National Cancer Institute, the journal Breast Cancer Research (BCR BCR B Cell Receptor BCR Business Communications Review (magazine) BCR Banca Comerciala Romana (Romanian bank) BCR Breakpoint Cluster Region BCR Benefit/Cost Ratio BCR Bay City Rollers ), and a report released by The Breast Cancer Fund and Breast Cancer Action--have advocates calling for more studies of the possible link between environmental factors and increased rates of breast cancer. The data from these sources all show increases in cases of breast cancer over the past 15 years, with a May 2002 BCR article reporting a 72% jump over the 1990s among women aged 46-64 in Marin County, California Marin County (IPA: /məˈrɪn/) is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2000, the population was 247,289. . Groups including the National Breast Cancer Coalition The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) is a grassroots membership organization, comprised of hundreds of member organizations and tens of thousands of individuals dedicated to ending breast cancer through action and advocacy. argue that, although studies that link environmental toxicants such as benzene to breast cancer have been conducted, not enough federal money is being spent on exploring this connection to its fullest. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the coalition, only 3% of federal cancer research funding goes toward studying environmental links. |
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