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Catherine D. DeAngelis, MD, MPH; Richard M. Glass, MD

JAMA. 2006;295:1448-1450.

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Much has happened in the 5 years since JAMA’s last theme issue devoted to women's health¹ to advance our knowledge and understanding about medical problems and issues related solely or primarily to women. The keen interest in the topic of women's health is evidenced by the 412 manuscripts (a record for JAMA) submitted for consideration in this issue. From among the many excellent submissions, we chose the studies, other articles, Research Letters, and Commentaries that appear in this issue. A number of other submissions accepted for publication have been or will be published in other issues of JAMA.

Breast cancer, the most common cancer among women other than skin cancer and the second-leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer,² is certainly prominent among concerns regarding women's health. In 2006, more than 200 000 women in the United . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Author Affiliations: Dr DeAngelis (cathy.deangelis@jama-archives.org) is Editor-in-Chief and Dr Glass is Deputy Editor, JAMA.

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