On the Web: By Topic
Check out these Web sites for the best information on:
- Screening (mammography, MRI, genetic testing)
- Diagnosis (biopsies, pathology reports, staging)
- Treatment (chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, radiation, reconstruction, clinical trials)
- Complementary/Alternative medicine
- Quality of life (survivorship)
- Resources for women under 40
- Resources for familes and caregivers
Screening
- From NCI, learn about risk factors.
- Check your risk with this interactive tool from the National Cancer Institute.
- The Indiana Mammography Guide
- Read Dr. George Sledge's column on the latest mammography guidelines. He is president of the American Society of Clinical Oncologist and is chief of co-director of the Breast Cancer Research Program at the IU Simon Cancer Center.
- Read about digital mammography, available in both Bloomington and Bedford.
- Learn the difference in screening and diagnostic mammograms in this NCI fact sheet.
- Learn about breast MRI in at RadiologyInfo.org.
Diagnosis
- Types of biopsies
- Sentinel node biopsies
- Read Bloomington Hospital's diagnostic guidelines.
- Network of Strength offers an explanation of types of cancer.
- Staging and histologic grades
- Susan Love explains the pathology report.
- Genetic testing fact sheet
Treatment
- Treatment overview from NCI.
- Mayo Clinic.com's page on treatments and drugs.
- BreastCancer.org's page on surgery.
- Reconstruction info from PlasticSurgery.org.
- BreastCancer.org features an in-depth section on reconstruction.
- American Cancer Society's page on reconstruction.
- Facing Our Risk Empowered (FORCE) offers a comprehensive selection of reconstruction info.
- Understanding chemotherapy from the NCI.
- BreastCancer.org's explanation of chemo.
- Radiation and you, from Imaginis
- The latest on radiation from BreastCancer.org
- American Cancer Society's page on hormonal therapy (tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors)
- Network of Strength's hormonal therapy page.
- BreastCancer.org explains targeted therapies, such as Herceptin.
- Clinical trials at the IU Simon Cancer Center.
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine offers additional options.
- Complementary treatment from BreastCancer.org.
- Find a clinical trial.
Complementary/Alternative Medicine
- American Cancer Society
- National Cancer Institute's Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Questions to ask a complementary medicine provider
- Questions for your traditional medical doctor about complementary medicine
- Society for Integrative Oncology
Quality of Life
- Survivorship: after treatment ends
- Survivorship care inadequate?
- Cancer survivorship
- Fear of recurrence
- Types of recurrence
- Report on a study of recurrence
Under 40
- Young Survival.org specializes in articles and support for young women with breast cancer.
- WebMD offers information about the differences in breast cancer among different ages.
- HealthCentral.com links you to young survivors who tell their stories.
Family and Caregivers
- Talking with your children, from Breast Cancer.org.
- Camp Kesem is a program that sends children of families affected by cancer to a summer camp. In this area, students at Indiana University organize the program.
- Mothers Supporting Daughters With Breast Cancer has both a booklet and a Web site for this special population.
- KidsCope Web site features a kid-friendly interface to present useful information about mom's cancer treatment.
- Caregiver.com has tips, suggestions and lists of other resources.
- HealthCentral.com offers several pages of caregiver tips and access to chat boards.
