Links Related to Breast Cancer

General Information

• Breast Cancer (Medline Plus)
• Breast Cancer (National Cancer Institute (NCI))
• Breast Cancer Statistics
• What Is Breast Cancer? (American Cancer Society (ACS))
• The Asian Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Tool (ACS)

Symptoms of Breast Cancer

• What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer: Symptoms (NCI)

Risk Factors for Breast Cancer

• Cancer Causes and Risk Factors (NCI)

Reducing Risks of Breast Cancer

• Prevention, Genetics, Causes: Reducing Risks(NCI)
• Increasing Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Screening (Guide to Community Preventive Services)
• Breast Cancer: 5 Steps to Effective Cancer Control Planning (Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T.)

Screening and Testing for Breast Cancer

Mammograms can cut breast cancer deaths by as much as one-third, but fewer women are getting them. CDC's Get Your Mammogram! (podcast 5:43) explains why this is a troubling trend.

• Screening for Breast Cancer (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)
• Breast Cancer Screening (CDC)

Diagnosis

• What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer: Diagnosis (NCI)

Kinds of Treatment

• Information about treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, biologic therapy, and radiation (NCI)
• Physicians Data Query (PDQ)
  An NCI database that contains the latest information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine, plus clinical trials.

Clinical Trials

• Introduction to Clinical Trials (NCI)
• How to Find a Cancer Treatment Trial (NCI)
• Search for Clinical Trials (NCI)
• ClinicalTrials.gov (National Institutes of Health (NIH))
• Guide to Clinical Trials (ACS)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

• What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCI)

Choosing a Treatment Plan

• Getting a Second Opinion (ACS)
• Talking with Your Doctor (ACS)

Survivorship

• Cancer Survivorship (CDC)
• CDC's Cancer Survivorship Partners
• Links Related to Cancer Survivorship (CDC)
• Trends in Cancer Survivorship (CDC)
• Survivorship Resources (CDC)

Decision Help

• Ottawa Personal Decision Guide
  The Ottawa Health Research Institute Global Inventory of Decision Aids is a collection of decision aids from a range of sources, designed to help people make decisions about a variety of health issues, including prevention of and treatment for breast cancer.