May 25, 2001

In This Issue:
Breast Implant, Cell Phones, Green Tea, Oncology Journal and Conference Online, Professor Resigns After Tobacco Funds University, and Ask Our Nurses

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THE LATEST NEWS

New Bill Calls For More Breast Implant Research

Some Health Info On The Web Ailing

Consumer Cell Phone Safety Research Still Needed

Green Tea May Protect Against Stomach Disorder
http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.asp?id=2813&Counter=15

Medical Professor Resigns After University Takes Tobacco Money

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MAJOR EDUCATIONAL EVENT ONLINE

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) just held its Annual Meeting focused on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancers. Over 3,000 abstracts published in the Program Proceedings are accessed online, and some presentations are available as audio lectures with synchronized slides. See ASCO's website and the Virtual Meeting.

http://virtualmeeting.asco.org/vm2001/

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY ONLINE

See JCO online for one page abstracts on some but not all articles or pay $12
for the full text of items in the current issue. You can also search JCO and
see abstracts of articles over many years; for example, searching on the
words "supportive care" in titles of articles found 637 matches.

http://www.jco.org/