Healthy Santa Cruz County - Breast Cancer

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Breast Cancer
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, support or further information about breast cancer. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, local information

Library Resources

• Find Books: Breast Cancer
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about breast cancer. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, breast cancer, cancer, women's health

Recommended Websites

• All About Breast Cancer
  Special features: Treatment decision tools; finding treatment centers/health professionals; cancer drug guide; alternative and complementary therapies; clinical trials update; reproducible fact sheets; suggested questions for patient's physician. From: American Cancer Society.
  Browse related subjects: alternative medicine, breast cancer, cancer, complementary medicine, diagnosis, healthy lifestyle, medications, recommended website, research, support, women's health
• Breast Cancer
  Special features: Information at two levels: for consumers and for health professionals; questions answered via toll-free phone number, e-mail or online chat; statistics, up-to-date literature searches; clinical trials; find a support group; examining complementary/alternative therapy options; Spanish available. From: National Cancer Institute.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, diagnosis, healthy lifestyle, recommended website, research, women's health
• Breast Cancer - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Interactive tutorials; statistics; research/clinical trials; genetic information; links to information in other languages. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, complementary medicine, diagnosis, healthy lifestyle, medical tests, medications, recommended website, research, women's health
• Breast Cancer Network of Strength
  This organization, formerly known as Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, works to provide information about peer support services available for anyone touched by breast cancer. Offers variety of interactive tools; available in 7 languages.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, recommended website, research, support
• Breastcancer.org
  Special features: Research news and clinical trials; discussion boards; pictures; 24/7 chat rooms; ask-the-expert online conferences; recommended readings; e-mail updates. From: Breastcancer.org.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, diagnosis, healthy lifestyle, medications, recommended website, research, women's health
• Help for Today...Hope for Tomorrow
  Special features: News; research; questions answered; signs and symptoms; helpful library of readings and resources; Spanish available. From: National Breast Cancer Foundation.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, diagnosis, healthy lifestyle, recommended website, research
• Male Breast Cancer - MedlinePlus
  Links to clinical trials, medical news, and discussion of treatment options.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, MedlinePlus, men's health, recommended website
• Susan G. Komen for the Cure
  Special features: Interactive tools and wide variety of educational resources. Also links to "Race for the Cure" events sponsored nationwide by this organization and to local affiliates. From: Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world's largest and most progressive grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, clinical trials, healthy lifestyle, recommended website, research, women's health

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.