Non-Cancer comprises normal, polyp & adenoma groups, Cancer comprises both early stage & advanced cancer groups.
"Liver and breast cancer groups would come and watch us," remembered Larry Kramer, Act Up's founder.
"The breast cancer groups are making a change in the public's script," Ms. Miller said.
Prostate cancer groups have tried to replicate the success of the pink ribbon campaign with their own blue ribbon, but it has yet to gain widespread acceptance.
The decision, on April 11, was a setback for breast cancer groups and environmental organizations that lobbied for eight years to gain passage of the state law.
The site's general resources include an online version of the group's 140-page directory of national, regional and local cancer groups.
The breast cancer groups agreed and said they remained convinced that there were undiscovered connections between a broad range of contaminants and breast cancer.
The sixth floor is reserved for healing seminars, cooking classes and other events sponsored by cancer groups.
But even from his office in Ohio, Dr. Yeary said he had heard of the influential Long Island breast cancer groups and their potential impact on shaping attitudes toward chemicals used in the lawn care business.
BREAST CANCER groups said last week they were disappointed and frustrated by a recently published study that found no apparent link between breast cancer rates on Long Island and women's past exposure to DDT, certain other pesticides and PCB's.
Dr. Stellman and the leaders of the breast cancer groups agreed that a geographic information system, which is being set up as part of the Long Island breast cancer project, would be valuable.
