I expect we have all hear that the incidence of cancer is falling in this country, perhaps we were even slightly encouraged by this news. Granted, it was pretty obvious that the decrease was due in large part to the cessation of synthetic hormone use in menopausal women .. but even so, it was a step in the right direction.
How much more alarming is it then, to discover that these heartening figures were incorrect: that they in fact did not include ANY of the cancer cases under the care of the Veteran's administration.
This means that despite the decrease in the hormonal cancers, between 40,000 and 70,000 cases a year have not been taken into account in the National figures.
