Rachel R. Savarino Library at Trocaire College

Breast Cancer:

General Information

• American Cancer Society

• Breast Cancer.org

• Breast Cancer Net

• Breast Cancer Facts - U of Arizona

• Breast Cancer PDQ R National Cancer Institute 
  • Information for Patients
  • Health Professionals
• Breast Cancer from MEDLINEplus

• Breast Cancer Glossary

• Breast Cancer Lighthouse

• Breast Cancer Round Table from NBC News
• CANSEARCH NCCS (National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship) - in English and Spanish

• Feminist Majority Foundation

• Johns Hopkins Breast Center

• NABCO (National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations)

• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (English and Spanish)

• National Breast Cancer Coalition NBCC

• Office of Minority Health National Institute of Health, breast health Information

• Postmenopausal Hormone Use (updated September 3, 2002)

• "Role of hormone replacement therapy in the risk for breast cancer and total mortality in women with a family history of breast cancer."
  Sellers TA. Mink PJ. Cerhan JR. et al. Annals of Internal Medicine.127(11):973-80, Dec 1,1997

Detection

• Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection from CDC (Center for Disease Control)

• Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2: It's Your Choice - National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet

• Imaginis: Genetic Risk Factors for Breast Cancer- JAMA: Women's Health Information Center Journal Scan

• Screening and Testing

• Steps to Finding Breast Lumps Early from familydoctor.org

• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization (in English and Spanish)

• Young Survival Coalition , YSC is the only international, non-profit network of breast cancer survivors and supporters
  dedicated to the concerns and issues unique to young women with breast cancer. Founded in 1998 by three young breast cancer survivors,
  all under the age of 35 at diagnosis.

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Breast Reconstruction

• After Mastectomy from Cancer.org
• MEDLINEplus: Breast Implants/Breast Reconstruction
• Reconstruction from Breast Health.com 

Treatment

• Online Management of Breast Diseases - TransMed Network
• SusanLoveMD.com Website focuses on rapid advances and controversies in the treatment of
  breast cancer, maintained by author of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book.

Alternative / Complementary Medicine

CancerGuide Material on Alternative Therapies
A Cancer Patient's Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2^nd edition. 
Duke University Medical Center and Cancer Center of Santa Barbara.
HealthWorld Online - Breast Cancer and Cancer Resource Center
Complementary / Integrative Medicine Education Resources (CIMER M. D. Anderson Cancer Center / University of Texas
National Cancer Institute. Complementary and Alternative Medicine
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).
National Institutes of Health (NIH).
"Revisiting Accepted Wisdom in the Management of Breast Cancer," 1997 © Harriet Beinfield, and Malcolm S. Beinfield. Excerpted with permission from  Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine at Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine.

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Organizations:

• Blood & Marrow Transplant Newsletter: help@bmtnews.org
• Breast Cancer Discussion Mailing List: To subscribe: Send a message to LISTSERV@MORGAN.UCS.MUN.CA
  Leave the subject line blank, and set the first message line to: 
  subscribe BREAST-CANCER your_first_name your_last_name
• National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations: NABCOinfo@aol.com
  Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization: help@y-me.org

Adapted from Valerie G. Rankow © 2002 (Printed with permission)

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Updated June 26, 2008