Recommended Links

Breast Cancer Overview

Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for All Women (National Cancer Institute)

Breast Cancer: The Basics (Oncolink)

Breast Cancer Information (Y-ME)

What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer (National Cancer Institute)

Breast Cancer Glossary of Terms (American Cancer Society)

Breast Cancer and Pregnancy (National Cancer Institute)

Breast Cancer (American Society of Clinical Oncology)

Emotional and Social Support

Wigs and Prostheses (Providence FAQ)

Cancer survivorship: How to cope and thrive after treatment (Mayo Clinic)

People Living with Cancer (American Society of Clinical Oncologists)

Living with Breast Cancer (Susan Love)

Look Good...Feel Better

Support and Resources (National Cancer Institute)

National Lymphedema Network

When the Woman You Love Has Breast Cancer (Y-ME)

MAMM Magazine

Prevention

Get a Mammogram (Familydoctor.org)

Breast Cancer Prevention (National Cancer Institute)

Preventive Mastectomy (National Cancer Institute)

Should I take tamoxifen? What are the side effects? (Providence FAQ)

Tamoxifen vs. Arimidex (Ask a Providence Breast Cancer Expert)

For information about the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) research at OHSU Cancer Institute, Southern Oregon, contact: Maya Hawkins, RN (541) 608-5003

Risk Factors

General Information

Lifetime Probability of Breast Cancer in American Women (National Cancer Institute)

Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (National Cancer Institute)

Risk Factors Associated with Developing Breast Cancer (Y-ME)

Genetic Factors

Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: It' s Your Choice (National Cancer Institute)

Implications of Genetic Breast Cancer Testing (Oncolink)

Hormonal Factors

Hormone replacement therapy for breast cancer survivors (Ask a Providence Breast Cancer Expert)

Questions and Answers: Use of Hormones After Menopause (National Cancer Institute)

Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk (National Cancer Institute)

Other Factors

Antiperspirants/Deodorants and Breast Cancer (National Cancer Institute)

Questions and Answers About DES (National Cancer Institute)

Silicone Breast Implants Are Not Linked to Breast Cancer Risk (National Cancer Institute)

Screening and Diagnosis

Screening

Breast Self-examinations (Ask a Providence Breast Cancer Expert)

What Is a Sentinel Lymph Node? (Providence FAQ)

Breast Cancer Screening and Testing (National Cancer Institute)

Questions and Answers About Screening Mammograms (National Cancer Institute)

Diagnosis

Biopsy (National Cancer Institute)

Breast Cancer: Know your Type (Mayo Clinic)

Diagnosis Procedures (Komen Foundation)

How to Interpret Your Pathology Report (Susan Love, MD)

Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer (Y-ME)

Treatment

General Information

Breast Cancer Treatment (American Cancer Society)

Early Breast Cancer – What's Right for Me? (Mayo Clinic)

Understanding Breast Cancer Treatment Options (National Cancer Institute)

Adjuvant Systemic Therapy: What is it? (Mayo Clinic)

Male Breast Cancer Treatment (National Cancer Institute)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer (National Cancer Institute)

After Treatment (Komen Foundation)

Primary Follow-Up Care in Breast Cancer Survivors (American Academy of Family Physicians)

Surgical Treatments

Decision Making in Breast Cancer Surgery (Providence)

Treatment Options: Mastectomy (National Cancer Institute)

Breast Reconstruction (Oncolink)

Radiation

Treatment Options: Radiation Therapy (National Cancer Institute)

Drugs

Treatment Breakthroughs: Arimidex vs. Tamoxifen –12/01 Chat Transcript (Breastcancer.org)

Treatment Options: Chemotherapy (National Cancer Institute)

Treatment Options: Hormonal Therapy (National Cancer Institute)

Questions and Answers About Herceptin (Trastuzumab) (National Cancer Institute)

Questions and Answers about Tamoxifen (National Cancer Institute)

Clinical Trials

Robert W. Franz Cancer Center Clinical Trials (Providence)

Cancer Vaccine Research at Providence (Providence)

Clinical Trials Listing Service (Centerwatch)

Sentinel Node Biopsy (National Cancer Institute)

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy (Imaginis)

Angiogenesis Inhibitors (National Cancer Institute)

Questions and Answers About Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation (National Cancer Institute)

Questions and Answers about the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) (National Cancer Institute)

For information about the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) reserarch at OHSU Cancer Institute, Southern Oregon, contact: Maya Hawkins, RN (541) 608-5003

Coping with Treatment Side Effects

Coping with Side Effects of Breast Cancer Treatment (National Cancer Institute)

Lymphedema: A Brief Overview (National Lymphedema Network)

Nutrition and Cancer (Intelihealth)

Menopause (Mayo Clinic)

Leila J. Eisenstein
Breast Center at PMMC
1698 E. McAndrews, Suite 180
Medford, Oregon 97504
(541) 732-6100