At 08:40 AM 4/21/98 EDT, you wrote:

>I really fail to see the connection between breast cancer and her diet,
except
>that her diet (cooked vegetarian) did not cure her cancer.

There is ample evidence that grain consumption is behind many cancers.
Vegetarians often have a high consumption of grains. I consider her cancer
a direct result of her diet.

I have written an an analysis on this for rec.food.veg. Too long to post,
but I have just tossed it at my web site. You can find it at:

  http://www.panix.com/~paleodiet/cancer.txt

Don.