October 22, 1992

Breast Cancer Prevention

The subcommittee heard testimony from doctors, administrators and cancer patients on the federal government’s role in breast cancer… read more

The subcommittee heard testimony from doctors, administrators and cancer patients on the federal government’s role in breast cancer research and prevention. Issues raised in the hearing included breast cancer research trials and federal cancer research funding. Officials of the National Institutes of Health defended a breast cancer research study against allegations that women participants were not adequately warned of the risks of the drug tamoxifen used in the trial. close

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Gregory Burke U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Arthur Caplan Director University of Pennsylvania->Center for Biomedical Ethics

Michael DeGregorio Professor University of Texas->Oncology
Nancy Evans Vice President Breast Cancer Action
Sybil Fainberg Chevy Chase, MD
Leslie Ford Researcher National Cancer Institute
Adriane Fugh-Berman M.D. Medical Adviser National Women's Health Resource Center
Peter Greenwald Director National Cancer Institute->Cancer Prevention
Bernadine Healy M.D. Director National Institutes of Health
Carl Peck Director U.S. Food and Drug Administration->Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Steven Piantadosi Professor Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Thomas Puglisi National Institutes of Health
Helen Rodriguez-Trias President American Public Health Association

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House Government Operations Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovt. Relations

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Program ID:: 33456-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Oct 22, 1992 | 10:06am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: Oct 26, 1992 | 12:08am EST | C-SPAN 2

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Oct 22, 1992 | 10:06am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Oct 23, 1992 | 12:00am EDT | C-SPAN 1
Oct 23, 1992 | 6:38am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Oct 24, 1992 | 1:11pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Oct 26, 1992 | 12:08am EST | C-SPAN 2

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