May 1, 2008 at 4:24PM
By Diane MacEachern
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Dr. Janet Gray, a scientist at Vassar College and director of the school's Science, Technology and Society program, recently collaborated with the Breast Cancer Fund to issue a report on the dangers women face from environmental factors that cause breast cancer. I interviewed Dr. Gray and reviewed the report; here are the highlights:
Breast cancer strikes more women in the world than any other type of cancer except skin cancer.
In the U.S., a woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer increased steadily and dramatically during the 20th century.
Today, a woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer is one in eight. ...
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