Issue for Week of November 11, 2001 / Vol. 1 No. 42

Study: Extra Dose of Radiation After Lumpectomy Cuts Risk of Recurrence Study: Anxiety Over Outcome May Keep Women From Performing Breast Self-Exam Study: Prophylactic Mastectomy Dramatically Lowers Breast Cancer Risk Court Says FDA Should Not Have Approved Generic Version of Taxol Study: Variety of Factors Influence Rate of Breast-Conserving Therapy Congress Extends Breast Cancer Stamp Through 2003 Breast Cancer Now Most Common Cancer in UK