HERS Breast Cancer Foundation :: Bras for Body & Soul

FAQs

The HERS Breast Cancer Foundation, a 501(c)(3) a non-profit organization, provides programs and services supporting the needs of women and families affected by breast cancer in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Bras for Body & Soul is a specialty bra shop and extended services for all women, including women who have had breast surgery, in order to make a positive difference in women's lives.

Programs & Services

Bras for Body & Soul Program - A specialty shop for the well-being and support of women and girls, including women facing breast cancer Learn more...

Breast Health Outreach Program - Providing public presentations and seminars regarding breast health, breast cancer post-surgical garments, etc.

One-on-One Advocacy and Support

Website Memorial Tributes - Creating opportunities to remember/honor your loved ones.

Resources

Digital Infrared Imaging: Breast Thermography is a non-invasive diagnostic tool used for early detection. It is also used as a diagnostic monitoring tool for women that have had mastectomies or lumpectomies.
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BreastCancer.Net - An e-mail service that surveys popular Internet medical and health news sources for information, then e-mails it to you daily. Subscriptions to this newsletter are free.

Community Breast Health Project - Among other resources, this website contains the full text of Jenilu Schoolman's essay on living with metastatic breast cancer, Within Measured Boundaries.

Health News - Links to Reuters, AP and many other health news services online. All health topics, but most sites can be searched for disease-specific information.

Kathy Woodyard Bart Breast Cancer Network - Information and Resources for young women.

NCI CancerNet - The NCI website with all the most updated information. See the Bonn and Oncolink websites listed below for hyperlinked access to this information, so that references and abstracts appear when you click on the footnotes in the medical review articles.

NCI CancerNet Database Main Index - Redistributed by University of Bonn Medical Center -- This is a fully hyperlinked interface to all the NCI information, with links to:

PDQ Disease Topics.
Supportive Care Topics.
Search Clinical Trials Database at the NCI.
News and NCI Publication Information including Full Text Publications.
Cancer Information Service (800 4-CANCER).
Journal of the NCI.
CANCERLIT Citations and Abstracts.
MEDLINE From PubMed.
NCI Fact Sheets with Risk Factors, Prevention, Detection, Therapy, Rehabilitation, and unconventional Methods.
Search the CancerNet Files for Keywords (full-text retrieval).
What's new in this month's erNet?

Oncolink
The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Resource. The best single one-stop resource with information on all aspects of cancer, and pointers to other sites..

PDQ Physician Statement on Breast Cancer
Although the NCI Statements can be obtained directly from the NCI, this excellent version hyperlinks references in the text to the article abstracts, a major convenience. It is also available in Spanish.

Scientific American
Selections from their excellent September 1996 Single Topic Issue: "What You Need to Know About Cancer."

Imaginis.net
In conjunction with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Imaginis.net - the breast health website used in 101 countries worldwide - has launched the new Imaginis.net Breast Health Newsletter, available free.

cancerfacts.com
cancerpage.com, information source
Cancer URL site listings
drugMonitor.com is also a source to clinical trials.
ACS (American Cancer Society) Breast Cancer Resource Center.
NCI (National Cancer Society) Breast Cancer section.
Science Daily.
PSLGroup, The Doctor's Guide.
JAMA, Women's Health Information Center.
Yahoo, Breast Cancer Information.
Cancer Option.com, Inc.
Med Watch, How to Report Adverse Reactions to the FDA.
Life Extension Foundation.
Life Extension Foundation and Using Arthritis Drugs to Treat Cancer.
Dr. Susan Love's Website.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) NEWS.
CDC Report to Congress on Breast Cancer in the Bay Area
Marti Nelson Cancer Research Foundation
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Mayo Clinic
Why Me Breast Cancer Organization
Cancer News on the Net
Oncolink, University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
National Library of Medicine, PubMed
CancerCare
Flying Colors, a place of empowerment
Cancer Directory
4Cancer.com
UCSF Stanford Health Care
UCSF Breast Oncology
Breast Cancer Study, Why the Bay Area Has Such High Breast Cancer Rates
Breast Cancer in California Table