Woman's Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA:
Sisterhood for Breast & GYN Cancer
improve your quality of life. At the Breast and GYN Cancer Pavilion, we define sisterhood as an unbreakable bond. It’s someone who always has your back. It’s a promise to always be there for one another. Woman’s Hospital and Mary Bird Perkins – Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Center are united to provide the …
Find a Cancer Support Community Affiliate
The Cancer Support Community Affiliate Network consists of 44 licensed affiliates, 170 locations and a growing number of healthcare partnerships.
How to Provide Breast Cancer Support
No matter how self-reliant or brave she tries to be, no matter how many times she says, going to a cancer appointment alone is no fun.
Should I Join a Breast Cancer Support Group?
From the moment that a person is diagnosed with breast cancer, you are considered to be a breast cancer survivor regardless of what your course of treatm...
How to Help a Friend With Breast Cancer
How to give people with breast cancer the support they really need.
5 little-known breast cancer facts
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. But there are still some things you may not know about it.
What Is HER2-Positive Breast Cancer?
HER2-positive breast cancer is a subtype of breast cancer that affects about 20 percent of breast cancer patients. Around fifty percent of HER2-positive cancers also have hormone receptors for estrogen and/or progresterone. HER2, which stands for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, is a gene in the cancer cell that …
Should I Have Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer?
Why I started an inflammatory breast cancer support group
When I found out that I had Stage IV inflammatory breast cancer, fear set in immediately. As my husband describes that period of our lives, “the wheels came off.” What felt like a typical life
Your Cancer Answers: Why join a breast cancer support group?
How Walking May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Physical activity, even including walking, can substantially reduce a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, encouraging new science shows, in part, it seems, by changing how her body deals with estrogen.
How fruit and alcohol impact breast cancer risk
The lifelong risk of breast cancer seems to be lower among those who eat fruit and vegetables in adolescence and among women who reduce their alcohol intake in the midlife years.
What Doctors Want You to Know About Breast Cancer
These surprising facts can help you lower your risk and stay healthy for good.
BREAST CANCER: New Castle Cancer Support Group provides more than support
For someone who is battling cancer and feeling alone, the New Castle Cancer Support Group is there to help.
Why Doctors Are Rethinking Breast-Cancer Treatment
Too much chemo. Too much radiation. And way too many mastectomies
How plastic surgery helps breast cancer survivors feel whole
Cancer patients deal with reconstructive surgeries differently
Living with Breast Cancer: What I Wish You’d Say to Me
People with cancer want to know that those around them love them, and can offer help and support. There are plenty of articles out there on what not to say to someone who has cancer, but what should you say?
Quiz: Breast Cancer Myths and Facts
Can antiperspirants cause breast cancer? What else have you heard about risk and prevention? WebMD separates fact from fiction.
