Waking up, Fighting Back: The Politics of Breast Cancer Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	3
Pt. I	Waking Up	13
1	Health Care on the Back Burner	15
2	Dollars and Sense	24
Pt. II	Risk Factors, Cause, and Prevention	29
3	Startling Statistics	31
4	Poverty	36
5	Heredity	43
6	The Fat Factor	47
7	Hormonal Hazards	55
8	Environmental Enemies	69
9	Other Risks	83
10	Prevention	90
Pt. III	Mammography: Miracle or Myth?	107
11	The Revealing Photo	109
12	Who Gets It	117
13	But Does It Save Lives?	123
14	The Guidelines Guessing Game	133
15	Quality Control	143
16	Future Projections	153
Pt. IV	Treatment: Slash, Burn, and Poison	159
17	In the Beginning	161
18	Surgery	169
19	NSABP Datagate	184
20	Adjuvant Therapy	190
21	High Dose/High Tech/High Cost Chemotherapy	200
22	Alternative Treatments	215
23	Mind Matters	224
24	Doctor/Patient Relationships	231
Pt. V	Psychosocial Impact	239
25	Sexuality	241
26	Reconstruction or Deconstruction?	247
27	Multicultural Issues	272
28	Discrimination and Litigation	279
Pt. VI	Fighting Back	289
29	Setting the Stage	291
30	A National Movement	313
	Epilogue	334
	Appendix A: Organizations/Resources	343
	Appendix B: Comprehensive Cancer Centers	349
	Appendix C: Grassroots Organizations by State	351
	Appendix D: Abbreviations	363
	Notes	365
	Bibliography	401
	Index	404