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Sep 2010  |  By Mibs  |  Comments

Make It Better Resource Guide: Breast Cancer

A breast cancer diagnosis is one of the single most challenging prospects for any woman to face—and it's no easier for caregivers, family and friends.

Make It Better has had the privilge of sharing stories of women in the midst of their personal battles with the disease and has resources that may be able to help you or someone you love:

Make It Better Articles

Breast Cancer Prevention: Positive Steps You Can Take Today

Coping with Breast Cancer Treatment

Know your Risk for Breast Cancer

A Woman of Steel: Rowing Crew and Living with a Vengence

Yoga Instructor Gayl Walder Helps Women with Breast Cancer Take Control

Row, Row, ROW Your Boat Gently Down the Chicago River

Cancer Wellness Center Gives World-Class Support

Barbara Wick Uses Energy, Humor To Make A Difference On The North Shore

Web Resources

 

Breast Cancer Network of Strength
www.networkofstrength.org

Cancer.org
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/

The Coleman Foundation Comprehensive Breast Cancer Clinic, Rush University Medical Center
www.rush.edu

Cook For Your Life - Healthy cooking for people touched by cancer
cookforyourlife.org

FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered - Fighting hereditary breast and ovarian cancer
http://www.facingourrisk.org/support/local_groups/illinois_chicago.php

Susan G. Komen Foundation
http://ww5.komen.org/understandingbreastcancerguide.html

Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation
www.tnbcfoundation.org

The University of Chicago (UC) Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Breast Cancer
uccrc.uchicago.edu/Spore/sporehome.html

WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/guide/default.htm

Books

The Pink Ribbon Diet: A Revolutionary New Weight Loss Plan to Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk

The Goodbye Cancer Garden

Breast Cancer Survival Manual, Fourth Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide for the Woman With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer