Cancer Treatment: Actions Taken to More Fully Utilize the Bark of Pacific Yews on Federal Land

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the utilization of Pacific yew bark, the source of the anticancer drug taxol, focusing on: (1) the collection of Pacific yew bark from federal lands in fiscal year (FY) 1991; and (2) the steps taken by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Forest Service to ensure greater utilization of Pacific yew bark in FY 1992.