Advanced imaging processing and display techniques developed for use by the Intelligence Community could enhance early detection of breast cancer in women and thereby aid in the prevention of a substantial share of the more than 46,000 deaths from breast cancer in the US each year according to Mr. Woolsey, who appeared at the request of Dr. Susan J. Blumenthal, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health, HHS, at a Capitol Hill briefing on breast cancer detection on 11 October 1994. The Intelligence Community's investigation into how techniques developed for missile detection and the monitoring of foreign military developments might assist the medical community was undertaken at the request of Dr. Blumenthal, and is consistent with Director Woolsey's desire to use technology developed by the Intelligence Community for broader applications benefiting Americans. None of the techniques presented is classified, nor does the Intelligence Community's making this technology available detract from its critical role of providing intelligence information to US policymakers.
Breast cancer is a problem of pressing national importance.
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