Healia Resources

Healia is the premier consumer health search engine for finding high quality and personalized health information on the Web. It serves as an independent, unbiased gateway to the highest quality health information resources.

• PubMed search on Healia for breast cancer
• Clinical trials search for breast cancer
• Healia search results for breast cancer
• Healia Communities: Online health community for Breast Cancer

External Resources

Governmental and Nonprofit Organizations

American Cancer Society (ACS)
The ACS is a nationwide community based health care nonprofit. Their website has information specific to breast cancer, including a resource to help you make decisions about your treatment and a locator function that allows you to search for local cancer resources by ZIP code.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/lrn/lrn_0.asp

Breastcancer.org
A nonprofit organization that helps women and their loved ones make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast cancer.
http://www.breastcancer.org/

Intercultural Cancer Council
The Intercultural Cancer Council promotes cancer research, policies, programs, and partnerships in racial and ethnic minorities as well as medically underserved groups in the U.S.
http://iccnetwork.org/

National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO)
NABCO is a nonprofit specializing in information and education on breast cancer. It is a network of nearly 400 member organizations and agencies in the United States. http://www.nabco.org/

National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC)
The National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) is a grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to fighting breast cancer.
http://www.natlbcc.org

National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF)
The NBCF is an advocacy nonprofit whose mission is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer through education and by providing mammograms for those in need.
http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
The NCI is the branch of National Institutes of Health dedicated to cancer research and education. This e-booklet contains a lot of information about breast cancer designed for patients and the general public.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/breast/page1

Susan G. Komen Foundation
The Susan G. Komen Foundation (now Susan G. Komen for the Cure) supports research and community-based outreach programs related to breast cancer. They sponsor the “Race for the Cure.” http://www.komen.org

Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, Inc.
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization is an advocacy group founded by breast cancer survivors.
http://www.y-me.org

Young Survival Coalition
This international nonprofit group is dedicated to young women with breast cancer.
http://www.youngsurvival.org/

Caregiver Resources

Administration on Aging - National Family Caregiver Support Program
Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this program has lots of great information and support for those who are the primary caregivers for a family member with chronic disease.
http://www.aoa.gov/prof/aoaprog/caregiver/caregiver.asp

Caregiver Magazine, regional resources page
This page of the caregiver magazine website allows you to search for caregiver support organizations in your local area.
http://www.caregiver.com/regionalresources/index.htm

National Caregivers Library
A nice resource for caregivers with hundreds of articles, forms, checklists and links to caregiver resources.
http://www.caregiverslibrary.org/

National Family Caregivers Association
A nonprofit organization that educates, supports, and speaks up for those who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age.
http://www.thefamilycaregiver.org/

References

Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/breastcancer.html

Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/breast-cancer/DS00328/DSECTION=1

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/breast/page1

Breastcancer.org
http://www.breastcancer.org/

Cancer Research UK
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=3317

NCI 2008 Cancer Statistics
http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/2008CAFFfinalsecured.pdf