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Breast Cancer Resources

Adjuvant!- The site where you can learn more about the risks and benefits of adjuvant (after initial breast cancer treatment) drugs. This is where your doctor can find a program that will calculate the benefit of various treatments in your individual case.
www.AdjuvantOnLine.com

American Cancer Society - a good resource for the entire family. Has Reach to Recovery, Road to Recovery, and many other helpful programs www.cancer.org

Caring Connections- at the Bangor Y. To learn about our breast cancer support and discussion groups for women, call us at 941-2808, or e-mail us at CareConn@BangorY.org, or go to www.BangorY.org and look in Caring Connections. Caring Connections has several programs for women with breast cancer, including the Women's Network and a Retreat on Branch Lake in September of each year. The Caring Connections Energizers (formerly the ENCORE Energizers), a team of survivors, family, friends and supporters, is often times the largest community team at the Race for the Cure each year.

Caring Connections breast cancer support groups (formerly ENCOREplus) - a support, education and discussion program for women with breast cancer. These support groups are located in Washington, Hancock, Piscataquis, Penobscot, and Somerset counties. Groups are managed by trained volunteers. The sessions provide a time to express feelings and concerns related to breast cancer, including mastectomy and other forms of breast cancer surgery; radiation therapy, hormone therapy, chemotherapy and much more. For more information, call Caring Connections at the Bangor Y at 941.2808.

Fertile Hope - www.fertilehope.org Focuses on fertility issues in women with breast cancer.

Inflammatory Breast Cancer - www.ibcsupport.org This site provides accurate information for patients with inflammatory breast cancer.

Kids Connected - www.kidsconnected.org 1-800-899-2866

Living Beyond Breast Cancer - www.lbbc.org 1-800-753-5222

Living with Breast Cancer - www.breastcancer.org - this site is a good overall resource. It was created by Dr. Marissa Weiss, a radiation oncologist.

Love/Avon Army of Women - www.armyofwomen.org - A partnership between the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation and the Avon Foundation that was launched in October of 2008. This new initiative empowers women with a new opportunity - a simple but revolutionary call for one million women of all ages and ethnicities to join the "Army" and consider serving as research volunteers to help scientists understand the causes of breast cancer - and how to end it once and for all. Women nationwide are invited to be "one in a million" and help end breast cancer. Visit www.armyofwomen.org

Maine Affiliate - Susan G. Komen for the Cure - www.komenmaine.com 207-262-7117. PO Box 1626, Bangor, ME 04402-1626
Komen for the Cure manages the large fundraiser, Race for the Cure, and it provides grants in Maine for several programs that offer breast health services

Maine Breast & Cervical Health Program - learn whether you can qualify for MaineCare. Do you have Breast or Cervical Cancer, and no health insurance? Do you need help to pay for treatment? Call MBCHP at 1-800-350-5180 to see if you qualify for financial assistance through the Treatment Act. Or call Caring Connections at 941-2808 x 337 or 338

Maine Breast Cancer Coalition - www.mainebreastcancer.org
Read about the coalition's work and the Support Service Fund. The SSF provides financial assistance to people in Maine for breast health & breast cancer-related needs. 1-800-928-2644 or download a membership or Support Service Fund application from the website.

Maine Lymphedema Network - www.mainelymphonet.org 1-800-326-8855

Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer - www.mautnerproject.org 1-202-332-5536

Men Against Breast Cancer - www.menagainstbreastcancer.org 1-866-547-6222

National Breast Cancer Coalition - www.natlbc.org and www.stopbreastcancer.org A national organization focused on political and policies issues.

National Cancer Institute - a very comprehensive site, with data for both doctors and patients. it lists clinical trials and is a good source of accurate, unbiased information. www.cancer.gov 1-800-422-6237

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - www.nccam.nih.gov A good place to seek out scientific information about complementary and alternative therapies.

National Institutes of Health - www.nih.gov

National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials www.clinicaltrials.gov

National Institutes of Health - Complementary and Alternative Medicine www.ncam.nih.gov

National Lymphedema Network www.lymphnet.org 1-800-541-3259 This network offers support to people with lymphedema.

Sharesheret (for young Jewish women) - www.sharsheret.org 1-866-474-2774

Susan Love, MD - www.SusanLoveMD.com

Breast Cancer Network of Strength - www.networkofstrength.org 1-800-221-2141 a national organization that is focused on support. They have a 24-hour hotline (800/221-2141) to help answer and provide direction for clinical questions.

Young Survival Coalition - www.youngsurvival.org 1-212-916-7667 Focused on young women diagnosed and living post breast cancer treatment.