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

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Based on three years of in-depth research and scores of firsthand interviews with the nations 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 Loves 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 medicines most elusive foes. It is a book destined to change irrevocably the way we think about Americas devastating breast cancer epidemic.