Women + Cancer II

Breast cancer

Mammography

Dr. Philip Strax

Richard Klarberg

Mary Overton

Pam Booth

Denise Dillon Fuge

Inscribed title "Women + Cancer II". This recording is a continuation of SPW1964, inscribed title "Women + Cancer I". This broadcast, part of an ongoing special series hosted by Viv Sutherland about the myths and realities of cancer, featured a panel of Dr. Philip Strax, director of the Guttman Breast Diagnostic Institute; Mary Overton, assistant executive director of Cancer Care; Richard Klarberg,director of the Public Health Center, the American Health Foundation; Pam Booth, co-director of Women's Health Forum; and Denise Dillon Fuge, member of the Committee on Women and Health, National Organization for Women, New York (NOW-NY). Dr. Stax, an early advocate of mammography, discusses the need for routine screening. Additional topics are the impacts of cancer on the lives of women, the politics of research and development of new detection techniques, prevention, etc.

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Women and Cancer

Dr. Philip Strax

Richard Klarberg

Mary Overton

Pam Booth

Denise Dillon Fuge

Viv Sutherland

Audio cassette

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