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Being well informed is important for understanding and fighting breast cancer. Here, we list the Web sites that can help to answer many of your questions. Your local library and your health care providers are also excellent resources.

Breast Cancer Topics
Risk factors and prevention
National Cancer Institute
Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/genetics/breast-and-ovarian

Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
http://bcra.nci.nih.gov/brc/q1.htm
Early detection and screening
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
List of FDA-approved mammography facilities
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography/certified.html

National Cancer Institute
Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
http://bcra.nci.nih.gov/brc/q1.htm
Treatment
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Clinical Trials Q and A
http://www.komen.org/intradoc-cgi/idc_cgi_isapi.dll?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=447

CenterWatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
http://www.centerwatch.com/

National Cancer Institute
Clinical Trials
http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials

National Institutes of Health
Clinical Center website
http://www.cc.nih.gov/
Complementary Cancer Therapies
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Zakim Center for Integrated Therapies
http://www.dana-farber.org/pat/support/zakim_default.asp

National Institutes of Health
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/

National Cancer Institute
Clinical Trials
http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials

 Food and Drug Administration
List of FDA-approved mammography facilities
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography/certified.html

 Mammography Facility Adverse Event Report
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography/reports.html

Joint Commission for the Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations
QualityCheck
http://www.jcaho.org/qualitycheck/directry/directry.asp

National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/

National Center for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
HMO accreditation

 
Getting good care
American Board of Medical Specialty (ABMS)
Physician certification site
http://www.abms.org/

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/

American Medical Association
Physician Select
http://www.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm

Administrators in Medicine
DocFinder
http://www.docboard.org/

Food and Drug Administration
List of FDA-approved mammography facilities
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography/certified.html

 Mammography Facility Adverse Event Report
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/mammography/reports.html

Joint Commission for the Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations
QualityCheck
http://www.jcaho.org/qualitycheck/directry/directry.asp

National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/

National Center for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
HMO accreditation
http://hprc.ncqa.org/

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)
Teamwork: The Cancer Patient's Guide To
Talking With Your Doctor
http://www.canceradvocacy.org/

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