The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force created a media "firestorm" when it

A) said cancer was a political, not scientific, issue
B) proposed mandatory breast cancer screening in high schools
C) suggested reduced screening for breast cancer
D) A and C
E) B and C


Answer: C

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