Experts caution years needed to judge cancer funding impact
Two National Cancer Institute directors said full effects of the $2 billion federal cancer research investment will take years to prove. They noted some patients live longer, but five year survival data are needed to assess new treatments, and efforts to spread new options to doctors and patients require time.
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Washington
UPI
National Cancer Institute
Frank Rauscher Jr
NCI
Vincent DeVita Jr
Richard Nixon
DeVita
Rauscher
Major Cancer Institute
Hodgkins
Nonsmokers face secondhand smoke carbon monoxide risk
The American Lung Association charges nonsmokers inhale unsafe carbon monoxide from secondhand smoke. ALA President Stocklen says side-stream smoke contains four times more carbon monoxide than mainstream smoke and exceeds federal safety standards in exposed nonsmokers. He cites Dr. Steinfeld and criticizes a Tobacco Institute leaflet.
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New York
UPI
American Lung Association
ALA
Joseph B. Stocklen
Dr. Stocklen
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Behavior therapies defended by U S government report
An unpublished draft by the National Institute of Mental Health defends federally funded behavior modification research against fears of mind control. It argues critics confuse legitimate psychological therapy with fictional brainwashing and asserts the work aims to alleviate human suffering.
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Washington
UPI
National Institute of Mental Health
NIMH
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
Bertram S. Brown
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