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NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF
BREAST CANCER ORGANIZATIONS
www.nabco.org
For
more than 15 years this nonprofit organization has provided information and
education to patients. Order the recently released NABCO Breast Cancer
Resource List 2002/2003 or locate a support group by entering your zip code.
BREAST BIOPSY.COM
www.breastinfo.com
Sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery, this site offers consumers information
about general breast health (risk, breast self-exam, and mammography),
breast disease (breast cancer, diagnosis, and treatment), and the MAMMOTOME
Breast Biopsy System. Visitors can also use “Finding a Breast Cancer” to
search for local facilities.
THE SUSAN G. KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION
www.komen.org
Begun as a tribute to Susan G. Komen, who died of breast cancer in 1982,
this organization provides extensive resources to patients and the public,
from a toll-free help line and on-line breast self-exam instructions to
familiar fundraising efforts like the Race for the Cure.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
www.cancer.org
For
a detailed description of the various types of breast cancer as well as key
statistics about the disease, check out this site’s breast cancer section.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
www.cancer.org
For
a detailed description of the various types of breast cancer as well as key
statistics about the disease, check out this site’s breast cancer section. |
MAYO CLINIC
www.mayoclinic.com
This
comprehensive health information site provides in-depth information about
breast cancer prevention and treatment.
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
www.cancer.gov
The
breast cancer home page provides a wealth of information about prevention,
screening, treatment, clinical trials, and cancer literature and statistics.
Publications
Detecting and Treating Breast Problems
From
the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Order free from the
ACOG
Resource
Center
([202] 863-2518) or via e-mail (mhyde@acog.com).
What
You Need To Know About Breast Cancer
From
the National Cancer Institute. Available on-line,
www.cancer.gov/cancer_information
Safety of Silicone Breast Implants
From
the Institute of Medicine, 2000. Available on-line,
www.nap.edu
Mammography and Beyond: Developing Technologies for the Early Detection of
Breast Cancer: A Non-Technical Summary
From
the National Research Council, 2001. Available on-line,
www.nap.edu
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Approximately
203,500 women were diagnosed in 2002 with invasive breast cancer,
according to the American Cancer Society. Although the condition also
occurs in men – with 1,500 American males expected to be diagnosed
this year – they make up just 1% of the total number of breast cancer
cases. Of the nearly 40,000 Americans who will die from breast cancer
this year, 39,600 will be women.