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Breast Cancer ProductsAlternatives 2000 - A large selection of wigs from various manufactures. Ida-Joy Shoppes- has a Large selection of After Breast Surgery Products, breast prostheses and mastectomy bras. Ladies First, Inc. - Helping women feel feminine, comfortable, and confident after breast surgery of any kind. We are a world leader in superior quality products for immediately following
surgery, throughout recovery and after. The Medical Image Collection - Peggy Knight, as a child, lost all of her hair due to a medical condition known as Alopecia areata. She has created an excellent site for wigs, turbans and other hair loss products. Back to top Mesothelioma InformationThe Mesothelioma Cancer Center is committed to providing the latest, up-to-date information about treatment options helping educate those who have received a mesothelioma prognosis. Back to top Companies - Drug, etcAMGEN - Amgen's product, Neupogen, is a major breakthrough in the reduction of the risk of infection and complications due to lower white blood cell counts after chemotherapy. This link brings you to their information on Neupogen. Amgen offers videos and information pamphlets on their site that are very helpful. They have a patient registry program called A.C.C.E.S.S. and some helpful chemotherapy survivors stories on video. Genetech, Inc - Manufacturer of Herceptin and other drugs. Herceptin has been in the news a lot lately for it's treatment of the 30% of women with Breast Cancer that are Her2 receptive. Also see the book below. Roche - Manufacturers of Xeloda. Xeloda is the first approved oral anticancer drug for patients with metastatic breast cancer whose tumors are resistant to standard chemotherapy with paclitaxel and an anthracycline-containing regimen. Back to Top Other Helpful Sites Breast Cancer Information, Breast Surgeon - Description- For more information about breast cancer please contact our breast surgeon at Texas breast care center. Go Network - This brings you to a search for "Breast Cancer" that will bring you a long listing of links. OBGYN.net - This link brings you to the women's pages. A very comprehensive site that has information, research, articles and more for most topics that concern women. The editor, Barbara Nesbitt, can often be found in our discussion group. Male Breast Cancer Information Center - Yes it Happens! In 1995, 1400 men discovered they had breast cancer. This site was created to help everyone dealing with this disease and dedicated to the men who have died from this disease and those battling it now. FindCancerExperts.com - A service that helps you find the expert that can help you with your diagnosis. Back to Top ResearchAmerican Cancer Society - This link brings you to the Breast Cancer Network home page. http://www.alphacancer.com - This link brings you to the AlphaCancer Information Resource Center. www.acor.org -Association of Cancer Online Resources www.blackwomenshealth.com - Black Womens Health.com BloodLine - This hematology site has many good articles and also has FREE access to the Medline research database. Breast Cancer Answers - This is a service of the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, providing accurate and up-to-date information from reliable sources on breast cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, stage and treatment. Breast Cancer Net - Good site - very pleasing. BreastNet - A very good Australian site that is well organized and easy to follow.
The Breast Cancer Information Clearinghouse - Maintained by the New York State Education and Research Network, this site offers a variety of information on breast cancer, including local support groups retrievable by state. www.bco.org - Breast Cancer Online http://www.healingwell.com/breastcancer/ Breast cancer Resource Center offering general inforamtion, plus pregnancy and breast cancer. www.surgery.wisc.edu/wolberg - Breast cancer resources, Benign Breast disease and Breast Cancer Tutorial. Information written by a woman physician who has had breast cancer. www.breastdoctor.com BreastDoctor.com Information on Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Treatment including discussions of different forms of the disease. www.cancercare.org Cancer Care, Inc. Educational seminars and teleconferences. www.cancerlinks.org Cancerlinks A directory to other sites offering resources on many forms of cancer. CancerNet Gopher Search - A no frills search engine for the text based National Cancer Institute CancerNet articles - Excellent Research. 
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- To obtain a CancerNet contents list. This link will bring up your e-mail and enter the word help in the body. Just send the e-mail and the contents of the CancerNet service will be e-mailed back to you. Follow the directions to get information on any of the topics listed. Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, this is some of the best and easiest to find research.
CenterWatch - a clearinghouse for clinical trials. Community Breast Health Project - Offers breast cancer information to patients and survivors, including practical advice and links to other Web sites offering breast cancer information.
Department of Defense - After being concerned with money from U.S. Post Office Cancer stamps going to the DOD we found this excellent site. www.pslgroup.com/breastcacner.htm Doctor's Guide to Breast Cancer Information www.hslc.org/emb/bctoc.html ECRI Patient Reference Guide A patient guide with description of stages or breast cancer. www.feminist.org/other/bc/bchome.html Feminist Majority Foundation Online: Breast Cancer Information Center HealthGate - A very comprehensive general health site. http://bestiary.com/ibc Inflammatory Breast Cancer Information www.infobreastcancer.cyberus.ca Information on Internet resources on breast cancer. www.abreast.org Keeping abreast. Provides selected news stories and a discussion forum devoted to breast cancer. The Lancet Journal - This is a subscriber only (semi-FREE) service that has some great research information. The Lancet Interactive is the worldwide web version of the world's leading independent medical journal. Subscribers to the printed Lancet can view the complete contents of the journal. Non-subscribers can register online, without charge, to view selected items from the journal. Lifetime - The health thrust of the TV cable station and this web page is breast cancer. They do some really good things with it and contribute a lot to awareness, funding, and information. You will find it under their health section. Mediconsult - A good research tool. Not as comprehensive as it first appears, but well worth a visit. www.napbc.org National Action Plan on Breast Caner FAQ's www.nabco.org National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations Query via e-mail any breast cancer question; response includes detailed package of information. www.nawho.org National Asian Women's Health Organization www.lymphnet.org National Lymphedema Network A description of lymphedema and other informational resources including video. New York On-Line Access to Health (NOAH) - This link brings you to the "Ask NOAH about Breast Cancer" section which is very easily and clearly organized. National Cancer Institute (NCI) - A tremendous source of information on cancer, clinical trials, PDQ database, etc., etc. The National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO)
NABCO is a coalition of more than 370 organizations that provide breast cancer detection, treatment and care to thousands of women. This site provides information on clinical trials, a resource router to cancer information resources on Internet, and links to local breast cancer support groups. http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/disease/breast Oncolink: Breast Cancer General Information Offers a comprehensive overview of the disease. www.breastdiseases.com Online Management of Breast Diseases
PDR Family Guide to Women's Health - good info on breast cancer and other women's health issues. Response Oncology - facilitates and organizes high dose chemotherapy at 54 centers across the United States. This site offers a simple overview of the HDC/SCT (High Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation) process. We are waiting for an appointment with Duke University to discuss this very same topic for Karen's treatment. Staten Island University Hospital - This link takes you to the Breast Cancer area of Radiation Oncology. There are several good articles worth reading. Stemcell.org - The Stem Cell/Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at Hackensack University Medical Center's Northern New Jersey Cancer Center. It is among only a handful of institutions able to perform all types of transplants, including allogeneic and autologous bone marrow, peripheral blood stem cell, and umbilical cord transplants. This site provides background information on the process. www.komen.org Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Educational Information plus an 800 helpline www.thebreastclinic.com The Breast Clinic Information about breast cancer in general, plus specific information on types: ductal carcinoma in situ, ductal carcinoma, special types and phyllodes tumors. www.wcn.org Women's Cancer Network Physician network with fact sheets and information link. University of Colorado Bone Marrow Transplant - Not the most professionally prepared site, but none the less some good information. Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization - has a commitment to provide information and support to anyone who has been touched by breast cancer. This site includes general information about breast cancer; information on screening and detection; information for women and men who have breast cancer; and information for family members and loved ones of people with breast cancer. Some information is also presented in Spanish. Back to Top Advocacywww.acor.org Association of Cancer On-line Resources Links to cancer advocacy organizations www.avoncrusade.com Avon Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade www.patientcenters.com/breastcancer Breast Cancer Center Advocacy for patients with metastatic breast cancer www.cabco.org California Breast Cancer Organizations Works to fund research and influence the legislative process. www.napbc.org National Action Plan on Breast Cancer www.nabco.org National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations www.natlbcc.org National Breast Cancer Coalition Advocacy training, education and outreach, legislative activities and news. www.patientadvocate.org Patient Advocate Foundation Provides education and legal counseling concerning managed care, insurance, and financial issues FREE www.sharecancersupport.org SHARE: Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer www.vitaloptions.org Vital Options Telesupport Cancer Network and The Group Room Back to Top Audio/Visual Informationwww.alphacancer.com AlphaCancer Information Resource Center Audio broadcasts related to breast cancer screening, prevention and therapy. www.breastcancerfund.org Breast Cancer Fund www.kidscope.org KidsCope Video of discussions of mother with breast cancer and child www.lbbc.org Living Beyond Breast Cancer Online bookstore with audio tapes www.mediconsultcom Mediconsult.com Online store with audio tapes www.consearch.org National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship NCCS Cancer Survival Toolbox audio tutorial on patient skills during treatment Back to Top Clinical Trialshttp://www.cnacerlinks.org Cancerlinks Provides links to clinical trials information for treatment of specific forms of cancer http://cancertrials.nci.nih.gov Cancer Trials General information, plus special features including consent, documents, anti-angiogenesis information and a breast cancer risk software tool www.centerwatch.com/studies/cat29.htm CenterWatch Over 60 trials listed by state Back to Top Financial, Legal, and Insurancewww.go-icons.com/bosombuddies.htm Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer and Lymphedema Support Group Offers financial assistance for medically indigent and underserved www.xensi.com/users/mjinfo Dr. Mary Jo Nugent Breast Cancer Foundation Provides support for financially disadvantaged breast cancer patients and family members. www.hslc.org/emb/bctoc.html ECRI Patient Reference Guide Provides information on health insurance coverage for treatment with High dose chemo and ABMT/BCT autologous bone marrow transplantation www.needymeds.com Needy Meds Information on pharmaceutical company programs offering assistance to purchase drugs Back to Top Foreign Language Siteswww.cbcn.ca Canadian Breast Cancer Network French www.cancercare.org Cancer Care Inc. Spanish www.cancerlinks.org Cancerlinks Offers links to sites on specific forms of cancer in French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and other languages. www.preventcancer.org Cancer Research Foundation of American Offers a complete curriculum for a Spanish language program on early detection covering mammogram, lifestyle, self-exam and clinical exam. www.napbc.org National Action Plan on Breast Cancer Spanish www.nawho.org National Asian Women's Health Organization Resources in English, Cantonese, Laotian, Vietnamese and Korean. http://www.cabsearcg.org National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship Web site and publications available in Spanish www.lymphnet.org National Lymphedema Network Spanish www.sharecancersupport.org SHARE: Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer Hotline in Spanish www.y-me.org Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization Site and 800 hotline in Spanish Back to Top Geneticswww.cancergenetics.org Cancer Genetics Basic information on cancer, genetics, and the role of genetics in causing cancer www.cancerlinks.org Cancerlinks Links to sites providing information on genetics and cancer www.bcdg.org Dept of Defense Breast Cancer Decision Guide Patients diagnosed with breast cancer can participate in interactive consultations for treatment information http://cacer.med.upenn.edu/disease/breast Oncolink Breast Cancer General Information News items and discussions related to genetic testing, genetic counseling, and links to additional information about P53, BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes Back to Top Pain and Side-Effect Managementwww.cancersupportivecare.com Cancer Supportive Care Discussions of pain management and Lymphedema Back to Top
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