This book is devoted to providing the answers you need to a wide range of health and medical questions, but no single volume can address all of the issues that may interest you and other readers. For more information about breast cancer and coping with cancer treatment, contact these organizations. Telephone numbers and Web addresses are subject to change.
Caregiving and Hospice
Family Caregiver Alliance
www.caregiver.org
800-445-8106
National Family Caregivers Association: Caregiving Resources
www.nfcacares.org/caregiving_resources
800-896-3650
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
www.nhpco.org
800-658-8898
Clinical Trial Information
Center Watch
www.centerwatch.com
866-219-3440
Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups
www.cancertrialshelp.org
877-227-8451
EmergingMed
www.emergingmed.com
877-601-8601
Mayo Clinic: Clinical Trials
clinicaltrials.mayo.edu
National Cancer Institute: Clinical Trials
www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials
800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
American Music Therapy Association
www.musictherapy.org
301-589-3300
ConsumerLab.com
www.consumerlab.com
Food and Drug Administration: MedWatch
www.fda.gov/medwatch
888-INFO-FDA (888-463-6332)
Mayo Clinic: Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program
www.mayoclinic.org/general-internal-medicine-rst/cimc.html
MD Anderson Cancer Center: Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources
www.mdanderson.org/departments/cimer
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products
www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
www.nccam.nih.gov
888-644-6226
Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health
ods.od.nih.gov
301-435-2920
Society for Integrative Oncology
www.integrativeonc.org
Coping
Cancer Hope Network
www.cancerhopenetwork.org
800-552-4366
FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
www.facingourrisk.org
866-288-RISK (866-288-7475)
Español (Spanish) Resources for Cancer Information
American Cancer Society: Informacíon de referencia sobre el cáncer
www.cancer.org/Espanol/index
800-227-2345
Cancer Care: En Espanol
www.cancercare.org/espanol
800-813-HOPE (800-813-4673)
Instituto Nacional del Cáncer
cancer.gov/espanol
800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237)
MedlinePlus: Institutos Nacionales de la Salud
www.salud.nih.gov
Y-ME Apoyo Contra el Cáncer de Mama
www.y-me.org/es
800-221-2141
Financial
Cancer Care
www.cancercare.org
800-813-HOPE (800-813-4673)
Corporate Angel Network
www.corpangelnetwork.org
866-328-1313
National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses
www.nahhh.org
800-542-9730
National Patient Travel Center
www.patienttravel.org
800-296-1217
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
www.phrma.org/issues/access-affordability
202-835-3400
General Cancer Information
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
800-ACS-2345 (800-227-2345)
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
www.plasticsurgery.org
847-228-9900
Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR)
www2.acor.org
212-226-5525
Cancer Education
www.cancereducation.com
Cancer.Net (American Society of Clinical Oncology)
www.cancer.net
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/cancer
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
cancercenter.mayo.edu
Mayo Clinic: Cancer Education
www.mayoclinic.org/cancer-education
Mayo Clinic: Health Information
www.mayoclinic.com
National Cancer Institute: Cancer Information Service
cancer.gov
800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237)
Research
American Institute for Cancer Research
www.aicr.org
800-843-8114
American Society of Clinical Oncology
www.asco.org
571-483-1300
Cancerpage: Cancer Information and Community
www.cancerpage.com
PubMed
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
MedlinePlus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
Myriad Genetics
www.myriad.com
800-469-7423
National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov
888-FIND-NLM (888-346-3656)
Specific Cancers
Breastcancer.org
www.breastcancer.org
Foundation For Women’s Cancer
www.foundationforwomenscancer.org
800-444-4441
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
www.ovarian.org
888-OVARIAN (888-682-7426)
Ovarian Cancer National Alliance
www.ovariancancer.org
866-399-6262
Susan G. Komen for the Cure
ww5.komen.org
800-GO-KOMEN (800-485-6636)
Women’s Cancer Network
www.wcn.org
312-578-1439
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
www.y-me.org
800-221-2141
Survivorship
American Cancer Society: Cancer Survivors Network
csn.cancer.org
Cancervive
www.cancervive.org
LiveStrong Lance Armstrong Foundation
www.livestrong.org
855-220-7777
Living Beyond Breast Cancer
www.lbbc.org
610-645-4567
Mayo Clinic: Living With Cancer Blog
www.mayoclinic.com/livingwithcancer/
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
www.canceradvocacy.org
877-NCCS-YES (877-622-7937)
Treatment
American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org
800-621-8335
MyOncofertility
www.myoncofertility.org
866-708-FERT (800-708-3378)
RadiologyInfo
www.radiologyinfo.org