Preface: Modern women and breast cancer -- 1. Elizabeth Sutherland -- 2. What is breast cancer? -- 3. Breasts and their meaning -- 4. Diet -- 5. Is there proof of the effects of diet? -- 6. Physical factors and social class -- 7. Reproductive factors -- 8. From atom bombs to alcohol -- 9. World War II and leftist tendencies -- 10. Old and new ideas -- 11. So what do we know? -- 12. Possibilities for control and prevention -- 13. What can I do now?