This is a highly selective list of resources for the newly diagnosed.
Please let me know if you find some of these more helpful than others.
Thanks!
Dr Susan Love: www.dslrf.org/breastcancer
American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer
Breast Cancer.org:breastcancer.org
Livestrong: www.livestrong.org
NCI (PDQs): www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/breast/Patient
WebMD: www.webmd.com/breast-cancer
Medline: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/breastcancer.html
Cancer Care: www.cancercare.org
American Society of Clinical Oncologists: www.cancer.net
Clinical Trials: www.clinicaltrials.gov
NCCN Guidelines: www.nccn.com/files/cancer-guidelines/breast
Young Survivors: www.youngsurvival.org
National Breast Cancer Coalition: www.breastcancerdeadline2020.org
MAMM Magazine: www.mamm.com
Lisa Adams: lisabadams.com/blog/ (excellent blog by a woman with metastatic disease)
Dana Farber: www.dana-farber.org/Health-Library
Memorial Sloan Kettering: www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/adult/breast/about-breast
MD Anderson: www.mdanderson.org/patient-and-cancer-information/cancer-information/cancer-types/breast-cancer/education-resources
UPenn/Oncolink: www.oncolink.org
Breast Cancer Treatment Handbook: Understanding the Disease, Treatments, Emotions, and Recovery from Breast Cancer by Judy Kneece
What Helped Get Me Through: Cancer Survivors Share Wisdom and Hope by Julie Silver
Raising an Emotionally Healthy Child When a Parent is sick by Paula Rauch
Living Well Beyond Breast Cancer: A Survivor's Guide for When Treatment Ends and the Rest of Your Life Begins by Marisa Weiss
After Cancer Treatment: Heal Better, Faster, Stronger by Julie Silver
The Red Devil: To Hell With Cancer and Back by Katherine Russell Rich
Topic of Cancer:Riding the Waves of the Big C by Meg Stafford
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy by Geralyn Lucas
Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips by Kris Carr
Mom's Cancer by Brian Fies (lung cancer)
"Better," by Atul Gawande
"God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine" by Victoria Sweet
"The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer," by Siddartha Mukherjee
"Incidental Findings," by Danielle Ofri
"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
"Bathsheba's Breast: Women, Cancer, and History" by James S. Olson
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