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  • 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 09, 2010

Gaining a Better Understanding of Cancer in the Sentinel Lymph Node

BY MELISSA WEBER

Two studies presented at SABCS offer a better understanding of what to do with the information sentinel lymph nodes provide. 

Dec 09, 2010

Drug Combo Tames HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

BY MELISSA WEBER

New studies start to pinpoint the best strategy for treating HER2-positive breast cancer before surgery and lay the groundwork for future clinical trials. 

Dec 09, 2010

Finding Sensuality After Cancer

BY KATHY LATOUR

After breast cancer, clinical sexologist Sueann Mark, PhD, developed a program to help survivors regain their sexuality after cancer.

Dec 09, 2010

Weighing the Impact of Obesity

BY MELISSA WEBER

Obese women with breast cancer are at higher risk for recurrence and death, but new findings suggest it may depend on cancer subtype. 

Dec 09, 2010

A Global Picture

BY KATHY LATOUR

After a diagnosis of stage 3 breast cancer at age 32, Moana Papa embraced advocacy, traveling from her home in New Zealand to the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium to bring information back to her community.

Dec 09, 2010

Afinitor Boosts Effectiveness of Hormonal Therapy

BY MELISSA WEBER

Adding Afinitor, an mTOR inhibitor, to tamoxifen helped women with metastatic breast cancer live about four months longer without their disease getting worse, according to a study presented Thursday at SABCS.

Dec 09, 2010

How Important Is CYP2D6 Status in Hormone-Sensitive Cancers?

BY MELISSA WEBER

In recent years, scientists discovered that an enzyme called CYP2D6 could possibly predict whether a patient would respond to the drug. Small studies aimed at confirming the predictive link, however, have been consistently inconsistent.

Dec 09, 2010

Boning Up

BY DON VAUGHAN

Helping bones stay strong after cancer.

Dec 09, 2010

Pipeline

BY STAFF REPORTS

The latest in cancer prevention, diagnosis & treatment 

Dec 09, 2010

Genetics and Breast Cancer: One Family’s Reality

BY KATHY LATOUR

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