Four Brief Comments John W. Gofman, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Molecular and Cell Biology, Univ. Calif. Berkeley and Egan O'Connor, Exec. The X-rays and Health Project. An educational project of the Committee for Nuclear Responsibility.
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The principle of informed consent in medicine would be turned upside down, if anyone tries to keep women unaware of such evidence, so that women will more readily consent to annual mammograms. An imaginary conflict, between this goal and mammography, would be tragic for nearly everyone. The capacity of ionizing radiation to produce breast cancer has been repeatedly confirmed. Evidence that other carcinogens initiate breast cancer development is extremely limited. Professor, Dept. of Human Oncology, Univ.