Susan M. Love (born 1948), believes that too many women fall victim to breast cancer each year and that they are losing control over their condition due to the male-centered medical community.

A leading authority in her field, Love was director (1992-1996) of the REVLON/UCLA Breast Center at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center), a haven for patients who came for consultation and treatment of the disease that ranks second only to lung cancer as America's leading killer of women. Love is also the co-author of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book, a straightforward, no-nonsense, and non-technical look at the hows and whys of breast diseases.

"What drives Love in all this is more than a sense of urgency--she also has profound hope, believing that given adequate funds and intelligent research priorities, the fight against breast cancer can be won, and soon," commented Beth Horner in Technology Review. In an interview...