Web Links
Support groups | Breast cancer resources | Cancer care & screening | Lymphedema | Environment organizations | Survivors links | Other resources
New links
- Canadian Collaboration on Breast Reconstruction is a patient information website on breast reconstruction developed with the help of Canadian physicians from coast to coast involved in your breast cancer care and reconstruction.
- Breast Cancer Wellness magazine Our mission is to support survivors to be THRIVERS. Our vision is for patients and survivors to move beyond the diagnosis of breast cancer and to live their life with renewed joy, passion and purpose.
- Canadian Partnership Against Cancer is an independent organization funded by the federal government to accelerate action on cancer control for all Canadians. The Partnership works with cancer experts, charitable organizations, governments, cancer agencies, national health organizations, patients, survivors and others to implement Canada’s cancer control strategy.
- Campaign to Control Cancer (C2CC) is a Canadian grass-roots advocacy organization dedicated to cutting cancer down to size through knowledge, change and action.
Support groups
- Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia
- Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services
- Willow Breast Cancer Support Canada- National non-profit organization providing free peer support and information to anyone affected by breast cancer
- Gilda’s Club – A cancer support community – people living and learning to live with cancer, regaining control & wellbeing. Programs offering social and emotional support that benefits anyone living with cancer:- Barrie, Toronto and Southeastern Ontario
- Supporting Moms Through Cancer Recovery - Our Mission is to nurture, facilitate and provide support services to mothers diagnosed with cancer living with at least one dependent child.
Breast cancer resources
- Breast Cancer Navigation Map
- Caring Voices - an online community for breast cancer survivors. Use this site to access current resources, learn about upcoming survivorship events, take part in chats and discussions and meet other survivors just like you.
- The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation is pleased to offer a comprehensive and up-to-date breast health and breast cancer information section of our website. The content, which has been compiled from a variety of current sources and reviewed by breast cancer experts, is relevant to people interested in learning about breast health and breast cancer, people who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, and friends and family of breast cancer patients.
- Control Cancer - The Campaign to Control Cancer is a national coalition of more than 70 cancer organizations dedicated to cutting cancer down to size through knowledge, change and action.
- Health on the Web Toolkit - The womenshealthmatters.ca team created this toolkit to assist the many women who have asked us for help in navigating the often confusing maze of health information on the Web.
- National Institutes of Health - US Department of Health and Human Services – Breast Cancer.
- Dealing with the effects on children of a parent’s cancer and chemotherapy treatment
- Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization – USA
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Articles relating to metastatic breast cancer
- Cancer News on the Net. Bringing patients and their families the latest information on cancer diagnosis and treatment
- CancerNet – Cancer information from the National Cancer Institute
- Breast Cancer Links – A great page listing many breast cancer resources on the net
- Pleiades Networks Women’s Directory: An Internet Resource for Women
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer Support Links
- Educare Inc. Breast Health and Breast Cancer Network
- National Breast Cancer Coalition – advocacy
- Mayo Clinic’s breast health info site
- National Breast Cancer Research Foundation USA
- Oncology Interactive
- Dr. Susan Love’s Research Foundation
Cancer care & screening
- Ottawa Hospital Cancer Program
- Cancer Care Ontario’s Breast Cancer Practice Guidelines
- Ontario Breast Screening Program
- Canadian Medical Association Journal – Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer
Lymphedema
- Lymphovenous Association of Ontario
- Lymphovenous Canada
- National Lymphedema Network
- Australian Lyphoedema Association
General Health
- Dean Ornish on healing (TED – Ideas worth spreading). In this video Dean talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body’s natural desire to heal itself.
- Ananda Shankar Jayant fights cancer with dance (TED – Ideas worth spreading). Video of renowned classical Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant who was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. She tells her personal story of not only facing the disease but dancing through it, and gives a performance revealing the metaphor of strength that helped her do it.
Environment organizations
- Breast Cancer Action Montreal
- Pesticide ActionNetwork
- Women’s Environment and Development Organization
Survivors links
- Fran’s Survivor Site – A Walk With Breast Cancer
- Interview – Nancy Oster and Dr.Susan Love
Other resources
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