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A group of researchers<ref>None of the researchers hold positions in oncology (the branch of medicine that studies cancer), and one of the researchers is a nutritionist.</ref> at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, operating under a government research grant, published a report on research they conducted concluding that a group of relatively young nurses show no increased incidence of [[breast cancer]] from [[abortion]].<ref>The full text of the study is available for a $15 charge at http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/167/8/814</ref>
A group of researchers<ref>None of the researchers hold positions in oncology (the branch of medicine that studies cancer), and one of the researchers is a nutritionist.</ref> at the Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School, operating under a government research grant, published a report on research they conducted concluding that a group of relatively young nurses show no increased incidence of [[breast cancer]] from [[abortion]].<ref>The full text of the study is available for a $15 charge at http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/167/8/814</ref>
Over 25% of the respondents to the questionnaire exhibited confusion about the wording, where the unfamiliar term "spontaneous abortion" was used to mean "miscarriage". <ref>Study, p. 815.</ref> Miscarriages do not increase breast cancer risk, and this deceptive word choice would cause many respondents to mark their prior abortions as "spontaneous abortion" or miscarriage. That would reduce any genuine differences between induced abortion and miscarriages in the observed results.
Over 25% of the respondents to the questionnaire exhibited confusion about the wording, where the unfamiliar term "spontaneous abortion" was used to mean "miscarriage". <ref>Study, p. 815.</ref> Miscarriages do not increase breast cancer risk, and this deceptive word choice would cause many respondents to mark their prior abortions as "spontaneous abortion" or miscarriage. That would reduce any genuine differences between induced abortion and miscarriages in the observed results.
== The Evidence of Scientific and/or Academic Fraud ==
== Specific Examples Possibly Indicative of Fraud ==
Several statements, and omission of statements, in the study appear to some to be fraudulent:
Several statements, and omission of statements, in the study appear to some to be fraudulent: