Our Favorite Resources for
  • A nonprofit website dedicated to providing the most reliable and complete information available.
    Breastcancer.org

  • Provides educational materials, events, newsletters, a Young Survivors Network, and a toll-free helpline at 800-753-5222.
    Living Beyond Breast Cancer

  • A comprehensive site that offers a toll-free helpline (1-800-I'M AWARE), educational materials, advocacy, and fundraising events.
    Susan G. Komen for the Cure

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Breast - More Stories

Dec 22, 2010

Editor's Page

BY DEBU TRIPATHY, MD

New directions in surgery, treatment and reconstruction are changing breast cancer.

Dec 22, 2010

Highlights

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON AND LINDSAY RAY

News and perspectives from the breast cancer community.

Dec 22, 2010

State Laws Guarantee More Information for Breast Cancer Patients

BY LINDSAY RAY

Connecticut and New York enact laws that require physicians to better communicate breast health information. 

Dec 20, 2010

Mixed Results for Zometa as a Breast Cancer Treatment

BY MELISSA WEBER

Studies conflict on bone-building drug's ability to prevent recurrence. 

Dec 20, 2010

Treatment Updates

BY STAFF REPORTS

Updates from the annual meetings of the American Society of Hematology and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Dec 09, 2010

HER2-Targeted Combinations Look Promising

BY ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON

In the NeoSphere study, various combinations of a new HER2-targeted agent called pertuzumab, Herceptin and chemothery were studied in early-stage breast cancer patients with encouraging results.  

Dec 09, 2010

A Passion to Educate Black Women

BY KATHY LATOUR

Wanda Brown, 54, is celebrating six years of survivorship this month, and her knowledge of the disease is a far cry from that day back in 2004 when she found the lump in her breast. 

Dec 09, 2010

Weight Lifting May Help Lower Lymphedema Risk

BY MELISSA WEBER

Not only is weight training safe, but for women who have had lymph node removal due to breast cancer surgery, it also may reduce the risk of lymphedema by about a third.

Dec 09, 2010

Mixed Results for Zometa as a Breast Cancer Treatment

BY MELISSA WEBER

Findings from the long-awaited AZURE trial show Zometa may prevent recurrence, but not for everyone.  

Dec 09, 2010

Young, Jewish and Metastatic

BY KATHY LATOUR

When faced with breast cancer as a young Jewish woman, Rochelle Shoretz learned that her heritage, including its risk of cancer-associated mutations, brought up unique issues, which led her to create Sharsheret, a nonprofit organization. 

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