Helpful Links

Breast Cancer Organizations: State & National

• American Cancer Society
• The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC)
• The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization:   (Note: Information can be downloaded in English or Spanish.)
• Lymphatic Research Foundation
• Texas Cancer Council
• Texas Cancer Registry  - collects data on cancer in Texas
• Texas Cancer Data Center  - Statewide Resources and Statistics
• National Cancer Institute  - Cancer Clinical Trials
• FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered:   For women at risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
• MD Anderson

Breast Cancer Associations: Local

Associations in this category include selected local resource centers with general information on breast cancer diagnosis, information and support, and links to other national resources and organizations.

• Mendocino Cancer Resource Center
• Minneapolis: Women's Cancer Resource Center
• Ontario Breast Cancer Support and Resource Center (Willow)
• Santa Barbara: Breast Resource Center
• Stanford: Community Breast Health Project

Breast Cancer Treatment, Trials, Guidelines & Reconstruction

• Breast Cancer Trials - NABCO :  Brief descriptive summaries of reviewed and approved clinical trials.
• National Lymphedema Network
• Online Management of Breast Diseases: TransMed
• National Institutes of Health: Clinical Trials

Complementary & Alternative Medicine, Nutrition & Prevention

• Cancer Research Foundation of America
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
• The American Botanical Council
• The American Institute for Cancer Research
• The Breast Cancer Fund

Ethnic/Minority & Special Populations

• National Asian Women's Health Organization
• GINE-web: A Spanish online resource for women's health.
• Male Breast Cancer Information Center
• The Office of Minority Health Resource Center (Note: Some site links can be downloaded in Spanish.)

Support Issues: Patients, Families & Friends

• Breast Cancer Lighthouse(AMA): Personal interviews with breast cancer survivors.
• Cancer and Careers: Nuts-and-bolts information on subjects like how to protect yourself under the Americans with Disabilities Act or how to schedule chemo around your work schedule.
• The American Psychological Association PsychNet
• Cancer Supportive Care
• Well-being in Women with Breast Cancer: A project of the University of Texas Nursing School.