About Breast Cancer

Welcome to About Breast Cancer, your source for up-to-date information on breast cancer. Here, you'll find the latest on diagnosis and treatment, risk factors and screening, and a host of other topics-like complementary therapies, life after treatment, and quality medical care.

Choose from the major topics to the left or use the search function to locate something more specific.

2006 Mission Conference General Session Questions Answered

Participants asked the panelists many great questions during the 2006 Mission Conference general sessions. Unfortunately, there was not enough time to answer all of them, so the additional questions and answers have been posted here. Even if you didn't attend the conference, you are still invited to take a look - it's a great opportunity to learn something new.

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Helps Fund Co-Pay Relief Program

Susan G. Komen for the Cure has provided Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) with additional funding to provide co-payment assistance for qualified patients with breast cancer. The PAF Co-Pay Relief Program (CPR) currently provides financial assistance to eligible patients who are being treated for breast, lung, kidney, colon and/or prostate cancers, sarcoma, lymphoma, macular degeneration, diabetes, autoimmune disorders and secondary issues as a result of chemotherapy treatment. Read more

Co-Survivor Program

There are as many ways of being a co-survivor as there are people! Thoughtful gestures big and small mean so much to survivors, whether they've just been diagnosed or completed treatment years ago. Thanks for the strength, love and support you show in ways big and small by being a co-survivor. Learn more about our Co-Survivor Program

Datos sobre el cáncer del seno

Para informacíon sobre cancer del seno en español, clic aquí.

For information in Spanish about breast health and breast cancer, early detection, risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, after treatment, support and specific populations, click here.

Share Your Thoughts

Share your thoughts on being a friend or a family member of a breast cancer patient. Read about what it means to be a breast cancer survivor. Our discussion forums are a place for learning and sharing based on topic. You are welcome to contribute or just read what others have written.

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Helpline Features

Need to talk? We're here Monday-Friday from 9 am - 5:00 pm Central Standard Time -- TDD available. Se habla español. Call 1-800-I'M-AWARE (1-800-462-9273).

The Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention

The About Breast Cancer section was co-developed with the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention.

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