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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2000 92(7):574-575; doi:10.1093/jnci/92.7.574
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 92, No. 7, 574-575, April 5, 2000
© 2000 Oxford University Press

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Re: Risk/Benefit Assessment of Tamoxifen to Prevent Breast Cancer—Still a Work in Progress?

Mitchell H. Gail, Joseph P. Costantino, John Bryant, Robert Croyle, Laurence Freedman, Kathy Helzlsouer, Victor Vogel

Affiliations of authors: M. H. Gail (Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics). R. Croyle (Division of Cancer Controland Population Science), National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; J. P. Costantino, J. Bryant,University of Pittsburgh, PA; L. Freedman, Bar Illan University, Ramat Gan, Israel; K. Helzlsouer,The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD; V. Vogel, University ofPittsburgh Cancer Institute/Magee Women's Hospital.

Correspondence to: Mitchell H. Gail, M.D., Ph.D., National Institutes of Health, Executive Plaza South, Rm. 8032, Bethesda, MD 20892 (gailm@exchange.nih.gov).

We agree with the main contention of the editorial by Taylor et al. (1) that risk/benefit assessments of tamoxifen are very uncertain in black women and other minorities, a point repeatedly stressed by Gail et al. (2). We did want to clarify . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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