To Dance with the Devil: The New War on Breast Cancer; Politics, Power, People - Softcover

Based on three years of in-depth research and scores of firsthand interviews with the nation's most innovative doctors, scientists, policymakers, and activists, To Dance with the Devil combines medical detective story with political journalism in an unprecedented behind-the-scenes account of the new war against breast cancer.

Interweaving the latest scientific findings and public policy with the gripping human stories of clinicians and patients grappling with the disease firsthand, Karen Stabiner chronicles a year at the groundbreaking UCLA Breast Center, following the progress of Dr. Susan Love, the eminent breast surgeon and author, and a number of Love's patients. From UCLA, her narrative spirals out to examine the turbulent national scene, moving from the White House and the halls of Congress to the cutting-edge labs of leading genetic researchers, from glittering charity events to bureaucratic offices where life-and-death decisions are filtered through the unforgiving lens of cost-benefit analysis.

At once an up-to-the-minute report and a compelling contemporary drama, To Dance with the Devil is a must-read inside story of the war against one of medicine's most elusive foes. It is a book destined to change irrevocably the way we think about America's devastating breast cancer epidemic.