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Resources
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/