Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-345) and index.
Contents:
Cancer in the breast, 1813 -- Pessimism and promise -- Taking responsibility for cancer -- Living at risk -- "Do not delay" : the war against time -- "Prophets of doom" : skeptics of the cancer establishment at mid- century -- Balancing hope, trust, and truth : Rachel Carson -- The rise of surveillance -- Crisis in prevention -- Breast cancer risk : "waiting for the axe to fall."
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