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Science Friday > Archives > 2001 > December > December 14, 2001:

Hour One: Blocking Bacterial Infection / Mammography Debate / Science Books

A study out this fall in a British medical journal concludes that mammograms don't improve the chances women will be cured of breast cancer. In this hour, we'll be talking about the value of routine mammograms for breast cancer.

Plus, a new way of blocking bacterial infections using tricks from bacteriophages, and our science book picks for your holiday shopping list.

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Guests:

Vincent Fischetti
Professor and Co-head, Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis
The Rockefeller University
New York, New York

Dr. Barron Lerner
Author, "The Breast Cancer Wars" (Oxford University Press, 2001)
Associate Professor, Medicine and Public Health
Columbia University
New York, New York

Jenny Lawrence
Book Review Editor
Natural History
New York, New York

Books/Articles Discussed:

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Related Links:

NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - Do Mammograms Save Lives?
The Lancet: Back Issues
Breast cancer screens scrutinised
Oncolink - University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
MEDLINEplus: Mammography
Natural History Magazine
The Bacteriophage Ecology Group - Phage Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Bacteriophage Home Page

This segment produced by: Karin Vergoth