Welcome to the
Breast Cancer Prevention Institute
Our website is dedicated to providing the most
up-to-date and accurate information to medical
professionals and the general public on how
to prevent breast cancer. Our on-line publications,
as well as our list of other resources, are
all designed to provide you with knowledge of
practical, risk-reduction strategies.
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Breast Cancer Risks
and Prevention,
Fourth Edition
by
Angela Lanfranchi, M.D., F.A.C.S.
and Joel Brind, Ph.D.
Breast Cancer Prevention Institute |
Over the last thirty years, while most
major cancers have started to decline,
breast cancer incidence in the US has
increased by an alarming 40%....
...Publication of the first edition
of this booklet was prompted by the
authors' knowledge that much of the
recent surge in breast cancer was attributable
to avoidable risks, and the fact that
other sources of information on breast
cancer risk tended not to offer complete
information on avoidable risks. It has
been the authors' hope that, armed with
full and accurate information, women
can make healthier choices that will
minimize their risk of breast cancer.
Although the expanded 3rd Edition of
the Breast Cancer Risks and Prevention
was published just in 2005, recent dramatic
events have necessitated the updating
and expanding of the information and
references, resulting in the new
4th Edition....
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more
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here to view booklet online or click
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Recent
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The
federal government and academic texts
as barriers to informed consent.
Lanfranchi, A.
J Amer Phys & Surg. V13,N1:12-15.
Spring 2008.
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Scientific Developments
Relating to the Effect of Abortion on
Risk of Future Breast Cancer
Testimony presented by Dr. Joel
Brind to the UK Parliament Select
Committee on Science and Technology, on
Scientific Developments Relating to the
Effect of Abortion on Risk of Future Breast
Cancer. Such testimony was solicited by
this Parliamentary Committee on the occasion
of the 40th Anniversary of the Abortion
Act (the law which legalized abortion
in the UK in 1967). Dr. Brind's testimony
was published on the Committee's website
in October.
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here to read
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