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We know how confusing surfing the web during this time! Our goal to give you reliable, safe starting point by listing the links below. This by no means is an exclusive list. The list on the right of News and Information is of course not exhaustive either, but a few snipets we found to be pertinent.
Breast Cancer Information National Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Sacramento Affiliate of Komen Foundation Find A Komen Affiliate In Your Area breastcancer.org is a premier source for breast cancer information on the Internet. It is a nonprofit organization that provides a safe, respectful and welcoming website where women and their loved ones can go to make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast cancer. breastcancer.org provides discussion boards where you can find support and answers for many of your questions and concerns...Here no question is trivial and no worry is cast aside. breastcancer.org also provides an excellent discussion board for metastatic/stage 4 breastcancer. Women with metastatic/stage 4 cancer sometimes feel overlooked and live with cancer differently. Here you can also find tremendous support in your journey. Imaginis - The Breast Cancer Resource: Their mission is to provide you with the most reliable, in-depth information on breast cancer and related women's health issues. Within their thousands of pages of physician-edited information, they explain complicated medical terms in everyday language to assist you in making informed decisions on prevention and treatment. Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization. Their mission is to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, and a 24/7 breast cancer hotline, that no one faces breast cancer alone. Enhancement, Inc. is a nonprofit foundation whose purpose is to teach and disseminate material relating to health and/or wellness, through their award winning videos, publications, lectures, etc. Their main focus is quality of life issues for breast cancer survivors, and are in the process of focusing of Lymphedema Education Seminars for both the medical community and patients. Evidence Watch. The essential mission of Evidencewatch is to provide the latest best practice evidence-based resources in current therapies across a broad range of conditions; new conditions and topics are added regularly, and all resources and links are updated aggressively on at least a weekly, often daily basis. Save Ourselves - The Breast Cancer Organization of Sacramento, CA . Save Ourselves Breast Cancer Organization of Sacramento has been providing support, education, and advocacy services since 1991. All of these services are provided at no cost and all persons from the Sacramento region are eligible. Ribbons of Pink Foundation . Funding the Promotion of Breast Health and Support of Young Cancer Survivors Young Survivor Coalition is a vehicle by which young women affected by breast cancer can communicate with, support, and inspire each other. The Breast Cancer page of The Cancer Blog. Men Against Breast Cancer provides targeted support services to educate and empower men to be effective caregivers when breast cancer strikes a female loved one; as well as, target and mobilize men to be active participants in the fight against breast cancer. It's ALWAYS Time for Sun Protection! There is alot of confusing information out there about sunscreen. Listed on our Home Page are links with valuable information, so check those out. After hours of researching and reading on the web, Anne decided to try Soleo Organics SPF 30+ Sunscreen. You can read about it at their website Soleo Organics. She is hormone receptor positive and Soleo Organics Sunscreen doesn't have any of the chemicals listed on the National Geographic The Green Guide's Sunscreen/Sunblock Product Report.	Breast Cancer News and Drug Information ASCO Breast Cancer Clinical Guidelines   2008 NCCN Breast Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines Selective Internal Radiation Therapy To Treat Breast Cancer That Has Become Advanced Liver Cancer (7/5/07) New Breast Cancer Blood Test for Early Detection Financial Assistance Available for Cancer Patients MRI Screening for Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer Initial Results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) Released: Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene Shown to be as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer High Breast Denisty a Risk Drug Information Trastuzumab-DM1 (T-DM1) Drug Testing for Her2/neu positive patients (01/2008) Study: Drug slows breast cancer(12/27/07) Glaxo's Tykerb approved by US FDA for advanced, metastatic breast cancer (3/13/07) Tykerb (Lapatinib) Effective In Inflammatory Breast Cancer (12/6/06) Taxotere® Produces Superior Breast Cancer Outcomes Herceptin for Early Stage Breast Cancer Experimental drug, Tykerb, delays breast cancer Cancer News Websites Breast Cancer Research Cancer News on the Net® National Cancer Institute MedlinePlus: Breast Cancer News Also search MedlinePlus® to find authoritative consumer health information. A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health Breast Cancer Prevention Watch is a unique service providing the latest best evidence-based guidance on state-of-the-art breast cancer prevention, annotated with critical commentaries, and clinical practice recommendations. Critical appraisal and systematic review is undertaken aggressively with major updates monthly, and at least weekly revisions for high-impact findings. Breast Cancer Watch's mission is to provide the latest best practice evidence-based resources in current medicine and CAM (complimentary and alternative medicine) therapies across a broad range of conditions; new conditions and topics are added regularly, and all resources and links are updated aggressively on at least a weekly, often daily basis. Cornell University's Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors provides science-based information on environmental factors and cancer risk. Judges and Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert   Using the internet is one of the easiest ways to keep up on the latest news and drug information. Below are links and articles to help you get started. Recent Articles Cosmetics and Cancer (11/6/06) New Ways to Treat Breast Cancer Article: Vaccine for Cancer Studied in N.C.