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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Better Screening Test for Women Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct and support: (1) clinical research and related activities concerning early detection and screening for breast cancer; and (2) research and data collection regarding the link between early detection of breast cancer and reduction of mortality rates. </p>]]></text>
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