    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [April 6, 1998]
    [Pages 510-511]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on a Breast Cancer Prevention Study
    April 6, 1998

        Today's new research findings about the potential use of the drug
    tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer are an historic step in the ongoing
    fight against this deadly disease. Breast cancer

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    strikes one in eight American women, and about 180,000 women in the
    United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. Each of us
    has a sister, a daughter, a friend, or in my case, a mother, who has
    fought against it.
        The landmark Breast Cancer Prevention Trial gives us new hope that
    some women at high risk for breast cancer may actually be able to reduce
    their risk of getting this life threatening disease. It is an important
    contribution to our national battle to detect, prevent, treat, and
    finally cure breast cancer for generations of women to come.

    Note: In the statement, the President referred to the Breast Cancer
    Prevention Trial, a joint study of the National Cancer Institute and the
    National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project.