Below we have links that will give you a simple, easy-to-understand overview of the disease and additional websites that our survivors found useful after their initial research.

• The American Cancer Society
• BreastCancer.org
• Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
• How a Child Understands Cancer
• Living Beyond Breast Cancer
• National Breast Cancer Foundation
• Sisters Network Inc. : A National African American Breast Cancer Survivorship Organization
• For the Breast of Us – Organization for Women of Color with breast cancer

YOU CAN LEARN FROM BOOKS

Here are some books our survivors found useful after their initial research:

• ASCO Breast Cancer Booklet (downloadable PDF)
• Anticancer: A New Way of Life
• Braving Chemo
• Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book
• The Emperor of All Maladies

And here are some additional books that can help you explain breast cancer to your child:

YOU CAN LEARN FROM SURVIVORS

The majority of our east Tennessee members are survivors: women who have been through the journey. You can connect with these survivors in these ways:

• Join our private Facebook page here.
• Attend an Event. We have social events where we get together to share camaraderie and experiences. You are welcome to look at photos of past events and join us at our next event.
• Many of our members are survivors who are willing to share their experience one-on-one with others. If you would like to be paired with a survivor, make a connection through our Sisterhood program – make a connection here.
• Click here to sign up for our email list.

YOU CAN LEARN FROM WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES

• Breast Connect Education Giving Fund – Purpose, Definition, Criteria
  • ​The mission is to empower women diagnosed with breast cancer to become their own best advocates in their breast cancer journey by connecting them with relevant information, resources and friendship. To further support the organization’s motto: for survivors, by survivors, we have committed to yearly fund that supports continued education opportunity for group participants.
  • For the Fund Application click here.

YOU CAN LEARN FROM SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

For those who have completed their basic research and have an interest in the scientific studies and guidelines that have formed the treatments and standards that are commonly applied, these are a selection of articles published in reputable medical journals. This is not a complete library of pertinent content:

• National Care Guidelines: Breast Cancer
• Information on Healthy Living and Eating (supplements, soy, estrogen, etc.)

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Here are PDFs of scientific studies on several items:

• This is a review of the famous Women’s Health Initiative Study that is quoted when discussing Hormone Replacement Therapy and breast cancer risk. This is one of the most-cited breast cancer articles in history:
  • Risks and Benefits of Estrogen Plus Progestin in Healthy Postmenopausal Women
• A randomized trial to determine whether lumpectomy with or without radiation therapy is as effective as total mastectomy for the treatment of invasion breast cancer.
  • Twenty-Year Follow-Up Of A Randomized Trial Comparing Total Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, And Lumpectomy Plus Irradiation
• This is one of the most-extensive studies reviewing the benefit of radiation for DCIS patients:
  • Breast-Conserving Treatment With or Without Radiotherapy in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: 15-Year Recurrence Rates and Outcome After a Recurrence, from the EORTC 10853 Randomized Phase III Trial
• This article the reviews the risks (probabilities) of getting a second cancer in the breast based on the stage and treatment of the first cancer:
  • Five-Year Risk of Interval-Invasive Second Breast Cancer
• This is an article that discusses the risks of breast and ovarian cancer for various BRCA mutations:
  • Association of Type and Location of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations With Risk of Breast and Ovarian Cancer
• This article discusses a genetic test to help make decisions about treatment strategies for a DCIS diagnosis:
  • A Multigene Expression Assay to Predict Local Recurrence Risk for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast
• This article discusses the impact of exercise and diet on the recurrence of breast cancer after an initial diagnosis:
  • Greater Survival After Breast Cancer in Physically Active Women With High Vegetable-Fruit Intake Regardless of Obesity

You can also check out our Breast Cancer Glossary of Terms.

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