Articles

• Breast Cancer articles from PubMed of the National Library of Medicine.  The articles listed here tend to be highly technical research papers, but careful searching of the articles can often uncover important and useful information.  

Forums

If you join one of these support groups, please mention that you found their group through Medconsumer.info.

• BeingSick � A global community of loving people who understand what its like to be sick or care for a loved one.  "We are a community of loving supportive people who understand what its like to be sick. We live with illness, injury, disability, or care for those that do. This group is a place where you are free to be yourself. Share your frustrations about being sick, friendships, family, and just about anything! We are the family who understands when no one else does! We live your life too! You are welcome to post in HTML, colors, send links, web pages, poems, inspiration, e-cards, jokes, chat in our chat room anytime! We are non-denominational, welcoming all races, ages, religions and cultures. We know how tough life is being sick, and we care. There is support for you here anytime you need us. You are not alone."  Yahoo! group.
• Medconsumerinfo.  "Medconsumer.info is your starting point for searching the Web for medical information. This forum exists for you to discuss, ask questions, and answer questions about any aspect of health, healthcare industry, and any aspect of being a patient. Please take whatever advice you receive through this forum to your doctor before changing or initiating any medically-related behavior."  Yahoo! group.            
• Med Help Medical Specialty Forums (Message Boards).  Breast Cancer.      

News

• Breast cancer news from Google.com News.

Organizations

National

• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization.  "The mission of Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization is to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone."
• Breast Cancer Answers.  "Our mission is to improve access to and awareness of breast cancer clinical trial information, support patients receiving treatment, and improve the quality of life of patients with breast cancer." 
• National Breast Cancer Coalition.  "The National Breast Cancer Coalition is the nation's largest breast cancer advocacy group, with more than 600 member organizations and 70,000 individual members and supporters. Committed to ending breast cancer, NBCC and its sister organization, the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, work to educate and train individuals to be effective activists and to influence the public policies that affect breast cancer research and treatment."

Regional

California

Contra Costa

• Hospice and Palliative Care of Contra Costa. 
  • Anna's Program. "Anna's Program provides emotional, practical, and spiritual support to women with advanced breast cancer who need assistance in their homes." 

Oakland

• Women's Cancer Resource Center of Oakland.  "To empower women with cancer to be active and informed consumers and survivors; to provide community for women with cancer and their supporters; to educate the general community about cancer; and to be actively involved in the struggle for a life-affirming, cancer-free society."

San Francisco, East Bay.

• The Wellness Community.  "The mission of The Wellness Community is to help people with cancer and their loved ones enhance health and well-being by providing a professional program of emotional support, education and hope."  

Photographs

•  Breast Cancer photographs from Google Images.

Videos

• Breast Cancer videos from YouTube.com.

Web Sites

• Breast Cancer Watch.  "Latest best evidence-based guidance on breast cancer therapies, annotated with critical commentaries, clinical practice lessons and recommendations. Critical appraisal and systematic review for this series is undertaken aggressively, with major updates each month, and at least weekly intra-month revisions for high-impact findings. The site addresses two problems: (1) the lack of any timely single-source evidence-based systematic review of breast cancer treatment research findings for both healthcare professionals and informed patients, and (2) the rapid aging / obsolescence of breast cancer guidelines (like NCCN, ASCO) issued on less timely schedules."