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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 15, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Breast cancer Corr Veronce Winnipeg july 1997 a9 activists clash at opening of world forum by Marlene Hableb Canadian press the first world conference on breast cancer opened yesterday with a fiery clash Between medical researchers and women rights a session by Steven Narod of women College Hospital in Toronto concluded Mastectomy before cancer strikes is the Best approach to treating women ing the genes linked with the but Narod was lambasted by some of the 650 delegates attending the conference at for telling women to go ahead and mutilate themselves even though research Hast proved conclusively that breast removal is an effective Preven Tion research like this has caused a lot of women to go into surgery when its not proven its going to prevent breast said Bella a former Congress woman and president of the women environment and development organization in new now in a wheelchair after her diag Nosis with breast cancer four years is the High profile promoter of preventing Dis ease rather than reacting to it after the the genetic link to breast she is so new the two breast cancer genes were isolated just three years ago by Mon Treal researchers that its too Early to recommend preventive she also noted that women have needlessly had breasts removed in the past when Only Lumpe Tomies were partly As a result of lobbying by women Lumpe Tomies Are performed As a first course of treatment whenever there is a lot of Fortun telling and bookmaking going said who along with other conference leaders is seeking a consensus on less invasive diag Nostic and treatment you cant expect us to take scientific studies seriously when the Only answer is draconian removal of and a lot of research Tike this the cowed a lot of women to go into surgery when its not proven its going to prevent breast cancer advocate Bella Abzug companies Are making Money off this genetic trying to sell Gen testing but Basing his remarks on published stressed that 80 per cent of women carrying the cancer genes end up with the disease at a Young age and also have a High risk of ovarian waiting until cancer is diagnosed before he dramatically reduces their chances of one promising alternative to preventive Mastectomy currently under study is the effect of Antie Strogen drugs on genetically predisposed oestrogen production is linked with development and growth of noting that Only about five per cent of breast cancer cases have been linked with Boston scientist Sandra Stein Graber said that More studies Are finding environmental pollutants and chemicals play a Large role in triggering cancers in All for that said researchers should be directing their efforts on assessing cancer risks other than whether cancer materializes has every thing to do with How bodies detoxify and repair damage from environmental prob said a member of the National action plan on breast also a preventive disease oncologist at the University of responded by adding that right five times As much funding in Canada is going toward environmental analysis of cancer causes than drug an earlier session by Gabriel Pulido of health Canada that focused on a new experimental blood test to detect breast cancer also brought Calls for equal testing and treatment the blood which isolates specific proteins that react to Tumour causing Estro is in the third year of trials involving about 250 Canadian trials Are expected to conclude next As some private companies have been marketing bloodiest kits that indicate High Levels of certain proteins that May indicate women rights activists believe such kits should be More widely available to women because they eliminate the potential harm of radiation from mammography a form of breast but Pulido said that As Sci we have to be foolproof before recommending them in All researchers give advice to Cut breast cancer risk by Marlene Hableb Canadian press some highlights from the first Day f the world conference on breast which focused on research and medical treatment eat More Fibre women need to take in More than twice As much dietary Fibre than previously thought to help prevent breast concludes a new study based on animal until Little was known of the role of dietary Fibre in breast researcher Leonard Cohen of the american health foundation in told an information Cohen noted that the right amount of Fibre has been conclusively shown to reduce the risk of Colon cancer and cholesterol on the breast cancer clinical studies Are finding that Fibre intake May alter metabolism of the hormone oestrogen and reduce the risk of women getting the abortion targeted even one abortion can double a woman risk of breast says a University of new York of 30 studies from countries including the United Italy and the 22 have confirmed the abortion breast cancer Joel Brind said during a presentation on risk factors for breast pro Choice groups have criticized such saying the researchers behind them have antiabortion As other Large scale studies have debunked the cancer abortion a stressful time Many women Are More traumatized before testing for breast cancer than they Are hearing the an Ottawa has the experience of undergoing diagnostics for abreast abnormality is extremely stressful for most when fears of breast can cer Are either allayed or noted Catherine de a registered during a session on breast screening programs in if women needs Are not identified arid they risk experiencing psychosocial Many opt for removal Many women choose full breast removal Mastectomy instead of just Lump removal and radiation because of the time and Money involved and fears about Side effects from concludes a study by Richard Evans of Evans headed a session on whether radiation therapy is always necessary following breast snaring he reviewed five studies of More than women with Small Tumours who underwent lumped winners David Pollock j n Schwartz Bernice Pryymak Norma Desiatnik Peter Schneider 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