The Breast Cancer list referred to in the paper is hosted at
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF
and was begun by Jon Church. The sole control on the list
is a limit on the number of daily messages permitted.
An archive for the content is maintained by Pete Bevin of
Toronto, whose partner Menya Wolfe died from the purportedly
rare inflammatory breast cancer. Neither the list nor the archive are
supported by Canadian and provincial governments.
The majority of subscribers are from the U.S.A., but there are
members from Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Israel,the Netherlands,
New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden. Members of the list have an annual
get-together, held so far in North America.
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests:
No competing interests
21 April 2006
Brian M Lynch
Senior Research Professor, Chemistry
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS B2G2W5, Canada
Rapid Response:
Some background on the list
The Breast Cancer list referred to in the paper is hosted at
Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NF
and was begun by Jon Church. The sole control on the list
is a limit on the number of daily messages permitted.
An archive for the content is maintained by Pete Bevin of
Toronto, whose partner Menya Wolfe died from the purportedly
rare inflammatory breast cancer. Neither the list nor the archive are
supported by Canadian and provincial governments.
The majority of subscribers are from the U.S.A., but there are
members from Australia, Germany, Great Britain, Israel,the Netherlands,
New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden. Members of the list have an annual
get-together, held so far in North America.
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests