Dr. Susan Love, renowned breast cancer expert, dies at 75
qvoicenews.comDr. Susan Love, a physician who took an iconoclastic approach to the detection and treatment of breast cancer, has died at age 75.
Love, who was out as a lesbian throughout her high-profile career, died July 2 at her Los Angeles home after a recurrence of leukemia, The New York Times reports. “Ubiquitous, energetic, forthright (some critics said brash) and at times controversial, Dr.
Love, it was generally agreed, helped reshape both the doctor’s role and the patient’s with respect to the treatment of breast cancer, which kills more than 43,000 women in the United States annually,” the Times notes.
Love was skeptical about mastectomy — the removal of a breast — as a cancer treatment, saying that whenever possible, surgeons should remove only the cancerous lump and follow up with radiation. “Wanting to keep your breast is not about vanity,” Love once said. “It’s about being intact as a person.” Love questioned the value of mammograms for young women, as their dense breast tissue makes it hard to detect cancer through that exam.
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