This is my personal collection of links relating to breast cancer. If you find a dead link, please let me know via email. If you've got a site that is helpful, drop me a note about that, too!
Prevention and Early Detection of Breast Cancer
- Aggressive Breast Cancer Linked to Smoking
- Alcohol Increases Hormone Levels, Raising Breast Cancer Risk
- American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Resources
- AMA Health Insight - Breast Cancer
- ASCO and ACOG Update: Breast Cancer Screening and Prevention
- Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool - from the NIH
- Breast Health
- Breast Lumps In Women
- Breast Self Examination
- Cancer Profiler
- CancerTrack.com
- Care of the Healthy Breast
- Chemoprevention of breast cancer
- Core Needle Breast Biopsies Can Reduce Unnecessary Surgical Biopsies
- Cornell University Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State - lots of information here, including pesticides, breastfeeding, diet and lifestyle, genetics, etc. Great information for everyone.
- Despite Recent Study Findings, Fruits and Vegetables Win in the Long Run
- Diet, Nutrition and Cancer Prevention - from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR
- Diet May Count in Preventing Breast Cancer
- Dietary intervention increases omega-3-omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ratios in breast and gluteal fat in women with breast cancer - low fat dietary intervention with fish oil can change the fat composition in the breast and act as a preventative to development of breast cancer.
- Does Environment Play a Role in Breast Cancer?
- Does hormone replacement therapy increase the risk of breast cancer?
- Estrogen breakdown affects breast cancer risk - more evidence for the benefit of exercise and low fat diet.
- Every Woman's Mammogram Rights
- Facts About Breast Cancer
- Four Tips for a More Comfortable Mammogram
- Grilling Tips to decrease the risk of cancer
- HomeArts Breast Health Center
- Hormone Replacement Therapy Reduces Sensitivity of Screening Mammography
- Lifestyle, hormones, and risk of breast cancer
- Lifetime physical activity and breast cancer risk in the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study
- Looking For Breast Cancer In Three Dimensions - 3D ultrasound
- More evidence that soy may reduce breast cancer risk - including soy in diet from teenage years could offer best chance of protection. OncoLink@ASCO 2001 Session Coverage: Nutrition and Cancer: An Update
- Physical Activity and Cancer Prevention
- Raloxifene and Postmenopausal Risk of Breast Cancer
- The risk of developing breast cancer within the next 5, 10, or 20 years of a womans life - The lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is a frequently misinterpreted statistic. Risk projections over a shorter time period, conditioned on current age, may be less prone to misconceptions and more relevant to populations at different ages.
- Risk Factors and Breast Cancer
- a href="http://www.iarc.fr/pageroot/UNITS/Chemoprevention2.html">The Role of Weight Control and Physical Activity in Cancer Prevention
- Serum Hormones and the Alcohol–Breast Cancer Association in Postmenopausal Women
- The Skinny On High-Fat Diets and Breast Cancer
- SoYouWanna perform a breast self-examination?
- 'Staying in touch' - detailed video demo of how to do a breast self-exam
- Yahoo Full Coverage of Breast Cancer
Sites Dedicated to Breast Health and Cancer Information
- alt.support.cancer.breast faq
- American Cancer Society's breast cancer section
- Artemis - an ezine for breast cancer survivors
- Barb Pender Reading Room
- Breast Cancer Answers Project
- Breast Cancer Awareness and Solutions Network
- Breast Cancer Education Network
- Breast Cancer: Help Me Understand It!
- Breast Cancer Links
- BreastCancer.Net
- Breast Cancer Questions To Ask The Doctor
- Breast Cancer - Suite101.com
- BREAST CANCER - an overview from MIT
- BreastDoctor.com
- BreastLink.com - excellent source for review of current research by experts done for the lay readers. Don't miss this one!
- CancerFatigue.org
- CancerNet - from the NIH - start here!
- CancerSource.com
- Changing Concepts in Breast Cancer 2000
- Dr. Susan Love's Website For Women. FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered -- Hereditary/Genetic Breast or Ovarian Cancer & BRCA Issues
- Gillette Cancer Connect
- HealthCentral - Breast Cancer
- herSource.com - information on breast health
- iBreast.com
- Imaginis
- InTouch Cancer Information Network
- Ivanhoe's Breast Cancer Channel
- Living Beyond Breast Cancer
- NABCO Breast Cancer Resources
- OncoLink MD//2B: Breast Cancer - written as a primer for med students
- OncoLink Breast Cancer Center
- Place For Hope provides help to cancer patients by providing computers, internet access and a support location for patients.
- Suite 101 Guide to Breast Cancer
- Wellness Web Breast Cancer Center - includes videos of biopsies.
- WIN Against Breast Cancer
- Young Mothers with Breast Cancer
Surgical Options
- A Mastectomy that Spares the Skin
- A New Type of Breast Reconstruction - SGAP
- Breast-Conserving Therapy as Effective as Mastectomy for Stage II Tumors
- Breast Reconstructive Surgery Options
- Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy
- Immediate Breast Reconstruction with Saline-Filled Implants: No Interference with the Oncologic Outcome
- Oophorectomy
- Quality of life after breast carcinoma surgery: A comparison of three surgical procedures
- Sensitivity of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Detecting Metastatic Disease in Breast Cancer Patients
- Skin Sparing Mastectomy
- Skin-Sparing Mastectomy and Immediate Breast Reconstruction by S. Eva Singletary, MD, U of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center. To Reconstruct or Not to Reconstruct: That is the Question!
Understanding your Pathology Report
- AFIP - (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology) - get a second opinion! It's important. This is the place to do it if you were diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.
- Breast Cancer - a tutorial for pathologists, but eminently readable by laypersons.
- CancerGuide: Second Opinions
- Get a Second Opinion on Breast Cancer Diagnosis
- Her2/neu
- HER2 Testing
- HER-2 as a Prognostic, Predictive, and Therapeutic Target in Breast Cancer
- HER-2/neu in node-negative breast cancer: prognostic significance of overexpression influenced by the presence of in situ carcinoma
- The HER-2/neu Oncogene in Breast Cancer: Prognostic Factor, Predictive Factor, and Target for Therapy
- Histologic Classification of Breast Cancer
- Gruesome picture of lymph nodes while still in the armpit
- Lab Tests Online
- Paget's Disease
- S-Phase Fraction and DNA Ploidy in 633 T1T2 Breast Cancers
- Surgical Pathology and Breast Cancers
- Tumor Grade
Treatment of Breast Cancer
Decision Making about Treatments
- Adjuvant therapy seen to be reducing breast cancer recurrence
- Age and comorbidities affect prognosis and treatment options in breast cancer
- Breast Cancer Pro Bono Legal Referral Services from the American Bar Association's Commission on Women. If you are having trouble getting coverage for treatment, they will help you free of charge.
- Breast Cancer: Treatment Options - News
- Breast Cancer Decision Guide
- Depression May Be Obstacle to Breast Cancer Treatment
- Does More Treatment Help?
- EduCare - Judy Neece's page. Lots of information from her book is free here online.
- Good News and Bad News About Breast Cancer
- Long-term tamoxifen therapy unnecessary for women with operable breast cancer
- Micrometastases/Occult Metastases - What Does it Mean?
- NIH Consensus Statements: 114. Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer
- Omission of Histologic Grading From Clinical Decision Making May Result in Overuse of Adjuvant Therapies in Breast Cancer
- PDQ (treatment guidelines) - Read this! Updated monthly.
- Returning to Work After Cancer Treatment
- Standards for care of Invasive Breast Carcinoma (1998)
- Tamoxifen and Chemotherapy for Axillary Node-Negative, Estrogen Receptor–Negative Breast Cancer - - Findings From National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-23
- Top Ten Decision Lessons from the Community Breast Health Project in Palo Alto, CA.
- Understanding breast cancer treatment: A Guide for Patients.
- What Every Woman Should Know About Managing Breast Cancer Treatment
- "What You Should Know as You Begin Treatment"
Chemotherapy
- Chemotherapy Principles
- The Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Survival Guide
- Chemotherapy and You. A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment
- Chemotherapy drugs and their side effects
- Chemotherapy for Patients: Introductory Information
- Chemotherapy Tips
- Clinical Trials
- HER2 and Choice of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Invasive Breast Cancer
- OncoLink: "Chemotherapy: What You Need to Know"
- Port-A-Cath - one option used for chemotherapy instead of starting an IV line.
- Taxol Regimen Significantly Increases a Woman's Chances for Breast Cancer Cure
- Understanding Chemotherapy: A Guide For Patients And Families
- Venous Access Devices
- Why You Should Get a Port
Radiation
- The Basics of Radiation Therapy
- The Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Survival Guide
- Post-lumpectomy radiotherapy not associated with increased risk of MI
- Radiation boost reduces recurrence of localized breast cancer in young patients
- Radiation Therapy and You. A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment
- Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
- Skin Protocol
- VIGILON Dressings
Hormonal and Antibody Therapy
- Estrogen receptors and tamoxifen
- Factsheet: Tamoxifen
- Herceptin: A Novel Approach to the Treatment of Breast Cancer
- Herceptin and Breast Cancer
- Herceptin: Monoclonal Antibody that Binds to Breast Cancer Cells Helps Stop Cancer Spread and Shrink Tumors
- No advantage to screenings for endometrial cancer for patients on Tamoxifen
- Questions and Answers About the Development of Herceptin
- Tamoxifen
Treatment Side Effects
- Acupuncture Eases Nausea Caused by Cancer Therapy
- Adriamycin cardiotoxicity
- Antidepressants Ease Hot Flashes
- Anthracycline Maintenance Therapy and Risk of Cardiotoxicity
- Cancer Survivorship in the 21st Century
- Cognitive function declines in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
- Cancer and pain
- Cancer-Pain.org: Knowledge for action
- Cancer-Related Fatigue: An Immense Problem
- Chemotherapy drugs and their side effects
- Chemotherapy for Patients: Introductory Information
- Dealing With Nausea
- Defining the Emetogenicity of Cancer Chemotherapy Regimens: Relevance to Clinical Practice
- Dietary Factors and the Survival of Women with Breast Carcinoma
- Exercise improves physical functioning in early stage breast cancer patients
- Fatigue Related To Cancer
- Frequently Asked Questions about Neupogen (Filgrastim) - for low white blood counts
- Frequently-Asked Questions about Symptom Management
- Long-term chemotherapy-related cardiovascular morbidity
- Menopause Guidebook
- Minimizing the Complications of Chemotherapy
- Mouth Sores
- Mucositis: Its Occurrence, Consequences, and Treatment in the Oncology Setting
- Nausea
- Neupogen Package Insert
- New Nausea and Vomiting Guidelines Released (2001)
- Nutrition for Patients During Cancer Treatment
- Nutritional Oncology: Planning a Winning Strategy
- Oral Candidiasis
- Oral complications of cancer and cancer therapy
- Oral Toxicity Associated With Chemotherapy
- Prospective Evaluation of Early Cardiac Damage Induced by Epirubicin-Containing Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Locoregional Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients
- Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
- Skin Protocol
- Tamoxifen increases the risk of cataracts
- Treatments for Chemotherapy Side Effects
- Understanding breast cancer treatment: A Guide for Patients.
Metastatic Breast Cancer
- bcmets.org
- Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer: what influences oncologists' decision-making?
- Management of Bone Metastases
- Management Principles for Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Medical Oncology: A Comprehensive Review - Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Radiofrequency Ablation of Malignant Liver Tumors
Complementary Therapies
- Alone Together Cancer Patients and Survivors Find Treatment—and Support—Online. It Can Make All the Difference
- The American Health Institute
- Anniesappleseed Project
- Antioxidants
- The Best Medicine - laughter!
- Clinical use of the pineal hormone melatonin (MLT) in medical oncology.
- Dietary intervention increases omega-3-omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ratios in breast and gluteal fat in women with breast cancer - low fat dietary intervention with fish oil can change the fat composition in the breast and act as a preventative to development of breast cancer.
- Estrogen Receptor and Flax Seed
- A healthy dose of optimism can extend your life, according to the Mayo Clinic.
- Instantaneous Relaxation Exercise for People With Cancer
- Isoflaovones in Soy Foods
- Managing the menopause in the breast cancer survivor
- Meditating against pain
- Melatonin - 20 mg of melatonin taken with tamoxifen causes tumor regression in women with advanced breast cancer.
- Mind Over Matter
- Nutrition During and After Cancer Treatment: A Guide for Informed Choices by Cancer Survivors
- Relaxation & Guided Imagery Recording
- Shrinking Breast Cancer
- The Soy-Breast Cancer Controversy
- Stress and Immunity Breast Cancer Project
- Stress hormone linked to earlier death in women with breast cancer
- What Do Patients Need to Know About Their Medications?
Lymphedema
- eLymphNotes
- Lymphedema: A Serious Concern for Many Breast Cancer Patients
- Lymphedema Prevention: Awareness Before, During, and After Breast Cancer Surgery
- Lymphedema: What You Need To Know
- Lymphedema Therapists in the US
- Lymphedema Wrapping - yours truly models her beauteous wrapping technique.
- MEDLINEplus: Lymphatic Diseases
- PDQ Statement on Lymphedema
- Progress in Measuring Lymphedema
- Reid Sleeve
- Understanding lymphoedema (lymphedema) from CancerBacUp.org
- Upper Extremity Lymphedema
Tests and Procedures
- Blood Test Can Detect Recurrent Breast Cancer
- Bone Scan
- Bone Scan
- Bone scan
- CancerHelp UK: Cancer Tests: Bone Scan
- CA 15-3 as a Marker for Breast Cancer
- CA27.29 Breast Cancer Antigen
- The Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA): Past, Present, and Future
- Case of the Week #1 - shows several types of scans - normal vs. metastatic breast cancer.
- CEA as a Marker for Breast Cancer
- CATs, PETs and MRIs - Getting to know your scans
- Dobutamine Stress Echocardiogram Evaluation of Benign vs Malignant Hepatic Lesions With Positron Emission Tomography
- High-Tech PET Scan 'Sees' Cancer Better
- MUGA Scan
- Normal bone scan - performed on a woman following lumpectomy.
- The MUGA scan in heart disease
- Tumor Markers
- Tumor Markers
Online Support
- ACOR - mailing lists for all kinds of cancer. Also support lists for family and caregivers.
- Cancer Information and Support International
- CancerResources
- The Cancer Supportive Care Program For Education & Support
- Celebrating Life
- ChemoAngels
- Cycle of Hope - Lance Armstrong's empowering site.
- Death and Dying Grief Support
- Friends in Need
- For Families
- High as My Heart - cancer support for teens
- Mother's Handbook from Mothers Supporting Daughters with Breast Cancer.
- Mothers Supporting Daughters with Breast Cancer
- OncoLink Survivor Stories
- When your best friend has breast cancer
- Young Survival Coalition - Young Women United Against Breast Cancer
Research Sites
- American Association for Cancer Research
- ASCO Clinical Research
- Breast Cancer Treatment News and Resources
- MedlinePlus for Breast Cancer
- Medscape Oncology Library
- NIH Consensus Development Program
- OncoLink CancerLit - abstracts from all research on chemo, radiation, surgery, and screening / prevention. Updated monthly.
Books the have helped me
- 31 Days of Praise by Ruth Myers (praise your way through treatment!)
- Calm My Anxious Hear : A Woman's Guide to Contentment by Linda Dillow (not specifically about breast cancer or even illness, but a great book about worry and anxiety)
- Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do When the Doctor Says Cancer by Greg Anderson
- The Cancer Conqueror: An Incredible Journey to Wellness by Greg Anderson
- Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book
- How to Live Between Office Visits: A Guide to Life, Love and Health by Bernie S. Siegel
- Living Beyond Breast Cancer: A Survivor's Guide for When Treatment Ends and the Rest of Your Life Begins by by Marisa C. Weiss and Ellen Weiss
- Love, Medicine and Miracles : Lessons Learned About Self-Healing from a Surgeon's Experience With Exceptional Patients by Bernie S. Siegel
- Making the Radiation Therapy Decision by David J. Brenner, PhD, and Eric J. Hall, D.Sc.
- The 22 Non-Negotiable Laws of Wellness: Feel, Think, and Live Better Than You Ever Thought Possible by Greg Anderson
- Lymphedema: A Breast Cancer Patient's Guide to Prevention and Healing by Jeannie Burt and Gwen White
- The Prayer of Jabez : Breaking Through to the Blessed Life by Bruce H. Wilkinson (revolutionize your prayer life with a simple one sentence prayer)
- The Survivor Personality : Why Some People Are Stronger, Smarter, and More Skillful at Handling Life's Difficulties...and How You Can Be, Too by Al Siebert, Phd
- Your Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook: Your Guide to Understanding the Disease, Treatments, Emotions and Recovery from Breast Cancer by Judy C. Kneece, RN, OCN
Books by Cancer survivors
- Any book by Greg Anderson - see above.
- The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde
More Breast Cancer Survivor Pages
- BCexperience.com
- Beverly's Journal - unique journal includes postings from her husband and teenage son as well as her own postings.
- Gina's Page
- INFO Breast Cancer - Stan and Carol's web site.
- Journal of a Living Lady - Nancy White Kelly's journal
- Margie's Speech given at the Relay for Life, April 2001
- My Breast Cancer Story by Patsi P.
- Suzie Kahler's Breast Cancer Journal
- Tandi's home page - includes beautiful poetry.
- Terry's Photo Gallary
- Trace's Breast Cancer Information Center
Get Active!
- alerts.com will send you an email alert whenever there is news at OnHealth about breast cancer or any other health problem you want. Just click on "Health News from Lifeminders and OnHealth" in the lefthand column and then fill out the form.
- American Cancer Society and Pampered Chef Partner to Help Whip Cancer
- Breast Cancer Pins
- Breast Checks - Pink Ribbon bank checks to promote breast cancer awarness / education
- Charity calendar with a serious message - one of the wonderful Friends in Need angels, Karen aka Sunflower, posed for this calendar.
- Compute Against Cancer
- How to Read or Listen to Science News
- Kingoftapes.com - donates money for every self-improvement tape you buy
- Komen Foundation Announces the 'Gift of Life'
- Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation - answers "wishes" for women with metastatic breast cancer.
- Parabon Computation, Inc Put your computer to good use all the time. Download their software to empower cancer researchers, qualify to win cash, and recycle your computer's idle time.
- Race for the Cure
- Send a breast health awareness card at Yahoo
- California Breast Cancer License
- The Acorn Gathering -Join the fight against cancer by purchasing this fundraising literary work by authors Jan Chandler, Shawna Chandler, Huda Orfali, Duane Simolke, Timothy Morris Taylor, and Bill Wetzel. All author and editor royalties will go toward funding cancer cure research through the American Cancer Society.