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Breast Cancer Resources Available at the HIC

F.A.C.T

The Health Information Center is grateful to Families Against Cancer Terror (F.A.C.T) for their generous donation in memory of Paul Swerdlow. The HIC will purchase materials to help inform and educate cancer patients and their families.

Book List

Coping

After Breast Cancer: Answers to the Questions You're Afraid to Ask by Musa Mayer. O'Reilly Publ. 2003.
Consumer Health WP 870 M468a 2003.

After breast cancer : a common-sense guide to life after treatment. Hester Hill Schnipper NY : Bantam Books, c2003.
Consumer Health WP 870 S35a 2003

Coping with breast cancer : a practical guide to understanding, treating, and living with breast cancer : sound, helpful information for those who must deal with the problems associated with breast cancer by Robert H. Phillips, Paula Goldstein. Garden City Park, N.Y. : Avery Publishing Group, c1998.
Consumer Health WP 870 P5626c 1998

Breast cancer : journey to recovery by Carroll Noll Hoskins, Judith Haber, and Wendy Budin. New York : Springer Pub., c2001
Consumer Health WP 870 H826b 2001

A breast cancer journey : your personal guidebook. Publisher : Atlanta, GA : American Cancer Society, c2001.
Consumer Health WP 870 B665 2001

When it happens to you : a practical guide through breast cancer by Earlene Dal Pozzo and Joann Dilts Palo Alto, CA : Bull Pub. ; Berkeley, CA : Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West, c2000.
Consumer Health WP 870 D149w 2000

A survivor's guide to breast cancer by Alice F. Chang with Karen Mang Spruill. Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Pub., 2000.
Consumer Health WP 870 C456s 2000

Estrogen

Estrogen : how and why it can save your life by Adam Romoff, with Ina Yalof New York : Golden Books, c1999.
Consumer Health WP 522 R765e 1999

Estrogen and Breast Cancer: A Warning to Women. By Rinzler, Carol Ann. New York. Macmillan Publishing Co. 1993.
Consumer Health WP 870 R584e

Internet

A Patient Guide to Breast Cancer Resources on the Internet. Martin D. Abeloff, M.D. editor. Princeton, NJ:eMedguides.com, 2001.
Consumer Health WP 870 P298 2001

Lymphedema

Lymphedema : a breast cancer patient's guide to prevention and healing by Jeannie Burt & Gwen White. Alameda [Calif.] : Hunter House Publishers, c1999.
Consumer Health WH 700 B973L 1999

Coping With Lymphedema. By Joan Swirsky, RN and Diane Sackett Nannery. Garden City Park, NY: Avery Publishing Group. c1998.
Consumer Health WH 700 S979c 1998.

Newly Diagnosed

Woman to woman : a handbook for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer by Hester Hill Schnipper, Joan Feinberg Bern New York, N.Y. : WholeCare, c1999
Consumer Health WP 870 S461w 1999

The breast cancer survival manual : a step-by-step guide for the woman with newly diagnosed breast cancer by John Link New York : Henry Holt, 2000.
Consumer Health WP 870 L756b 2000

Prevention

What your doctor may not tell you about breast cancer : how hormone balance can help save your life by John R. Lee, David Zava, and Virginia Hopkins. New York, NY : Warner Books, c2002.
Consumer Health WP 870 L478w 2002

The breast cancer prevention diet : the powerful foods, supplements, and drugs that can save your life by Robert Arnot Boston, Mass : Little, Brown, c1998
Consumer Health WP 870 A764 1998

Breast Cancer: Can You Prevent It? By Amelia and James Lawson. NY: McGraw-Hill, c1998.
Consumer Health WP 870 L425b 1998

Breast fitness : an optimal exercise and health plan for reducing your risk of breast cancer Anne McTiernan, Julie Gralow, Lisa Talbott New York: St. Martin's Press, c2000
Consumer Health WP 870 M175b 2000

Early Detection and Prevention of Cancer. The John Hopkins White Papers. By Simeon Margolis, M.D. and Ph.D. and Jonathan M. Samet, M.D.,M.S. Baltimore, Maryland:The John Hopkins Medical Institutions, c1998.
Consumer Health WE 241 M329e 1998.

Healthy Life Women's Self - Care Guide. By Powell, Don R. Farmington Hills, Michigan.. American Institute for Preventive Medicine.1996.
Consumer Health WP 120 P882h

Tamoxifen

Tamoxifen and breast cancer by Michael W. DeGregorio and Valerie J. Wiebe New Haven, Conn : Yale University Press, 1999.
Consumer Health WP 870 D321t 1999

Tamoxifen for the treatment and prevention of breast cancer edited by V. Craig Jordan.
Publisher : Melville, NY : PRR, c1999
Consumer Health WP 870 T158 1999

Others

Breast cancer answers : understanding and fighting breast cancer. Bruce A. Feinberg. Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2005.
Consumer Health WP 870 F299b 2005

Mayo Clinic guide to women's cancers. Lynn C. Hartmann, Charles L. Loprinzi, editors in chief. Rochester, MN : Mayo Clinic, c2005.
Consumer Health WP 145 M473 2005

Living through breast cancer : what a Harvard doctor and survivor wants you to know about getting the best care while preserving your self-image Carolyn M. Kaelin with Francesca Coltrera. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005.
Consumer Health WP 870 K11L 2005

Understanding breast cancer. Joy Ogden. Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2004.
Consumer Health WP 870 O34u 2004

A Breast cancer journey : your personal guidebook from the experts at the American Cancer Society. Atlanta, Ga. : American Cancer Society, c2004.
Consumer Health WP 870 B8282 2004

Breast cancer Q & A : insightful answers to the 100 most frequently asked questions. Charyn Pfeuffer. New York : Avery, c2003.
Consumer Health WP 870 P528b 2003

Understanding lumpectomy. Rosalind Dolores Benedet. Omaha, Neb. : Addicus Books, c2004.
2003 Consumer Health WP 870 B462u 2003

100 questions & answers about breast cancer. Zora KBrown. Boston : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2003.
Consumer Health WP 870 B881q 2003

Cancer sourcebook for women Bellenir, Karen. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2002.
Consumer Health WP 870 C217 2002

All About Breast Cancer by Dr. Fred Stephen. Oxford Univ Press, 2001.
Consumer Health WP 870 S932a 2001.

Be a survivor : your guide to breast cancer treatment
by Vladimir Lange Los Angeles : Lange Productions, c1999.
Consumer Health WP 870 L274b 1999

Breast Cancer & You:International Breast Cancer Treatments. by Michael L. Holcomb, M.D. Eugene, OR: International Toxicology, Inc. c1998
Consumer Health WP 870 H725b 1998.

Breast cancer sourcebook Edited by Edward J. Prucha and Karen Bellenir. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c2001
Consumer Health WP 39 B8278 2001

Dr. Susan Love's breast book by Susan M. Love, with Karen Lindsey; illustrations by Marcia WilliamsCambridge, Mass. : Perseus Publishing, c2000.
Consumer Health WP 870 L897d 2000

Living with breast cancer : a guide for facilitating self-help groups by Pat Kelly and PISCES, Partners in Self-Help Community Educ
Consumer Health WP 870 K29L 2000 ation and Support. Hamilton, Ont. ; Lewiston, NY : B.C. Decker, 2000

What you need to know about breast cancer : a book for women with breast cancer and those who care about them by Pat Kelly, with Mark Levine, M.D., illustrated by Beverly Lawson. Hamilton, Ontario : Empowering Press, c1999
Consumer Health WP 870 K445w 1999

Cancer Sourcebook for Women. Edited by Karen Bellenir. Health Reference Series, Detroit, Michigan. Omnigraphics, Inc. 2002.
Consumer Health WP 870 C217 2002.

A Women's Decision: Breast Care, Treatment and Reconstruction. By Berger, Karen and John Bostwick III, M.D. St. Louis, Missouri. Quality Medical Publishing,Inc. 1994.
Consumer Health WP 910 B496w

Pamphlets

Sharing : A Family's Guide To Breast Cancer. 1994 c.2. Bristol - Myers Squibb.
Consumer Health VertFile WP 870 G728sf

Sharing: A woman's Guide To Breast Cancer. 1994 c.2. Bristol - Myers Squibb.
Consumer Health VertFile WP 870 G728sw

Newsletters

Latest on HRT & Breast Cancer Risk. The Johns Hopkins Medical Letter Health After 50. Volume 12 Issue 3 May 2000 p 1

Better Options and Outcomes for Early Breast Cancer.The Johns Hopkins Medical Letter Health After 50 Volume 10 Issue 11 January 1999 p6

Breast Cancer Prevention: What's Realistic? Harvard Women's Health Watch Volume VI n4 December 1998 p4-5.

Breast Cancer. Well-Connected. Report #6 March 31, 1998.

Advances In Breast Cancer Research. Harvard Women's Health Watch Volume V n11 July 1998 p1.

Clear Thinking on Tamoxifen Johns Hopkins Medical Letter Health After 50 Volume 10 Issue 5 July 1998 p1-2

New Hope for Prevention, Treatment of Breast Cancer.Harvard Health Letter Volume 23 n10 August 1998 p6

Tamoxifen and Beyond. Harvard Women's Health Watch. Volume 5 n10 June 1998 p1

New Ways to Look at the Breast. Harvard Women's Health Watch. Volume 5 n10 June 1998 p5

Breast Self-Examination: A New Study Finds There is No Benefit. Center for Medical Consumers Health Facts. April 1997.

Bone Density and Breast Cancer. Harvard Women's Health Watch. Volume 4 n9 May 1997.

A Breast Cancer Prevention Program. John Hopkins Medical Letter Health After 50. Volume 9 n9 November 1997.

"Conference on Breast Cancer and the Environment." Center for Medical Consumers Health Facts. Volume 22 n8 August 1997.

Ensuring That Breast Cancer Is Found Early. John Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50. December 1996.

Genetic Tests for Cancer. Harvard Women's Health Watch. Volume 4 n11 July 1997.

A Genetic Key to Breast Cancer. Harvard Women's Health Watch. Volume 3 n4 December 1995.

HRT and Breast - Cancer Risk. Harvard Women's Health Watch. Volume 2 n12 August 1995.

Invasive Disease. Harvard Women's Health Watch. October 1995.

The Mammography Muddle. Harvard Women's Health Watch. March 1997.

Prevention: Fighting Cancer with Food. Harvard Health Letter. Volume 23 n2 December 1997.

Treating the Earliest Breast tumors. John Hopkins Medical Letter: Health After 50. September 1996.

Videos

Breast Cancer Screening Online Video

After your mastectomy.  1990 28 minutes. Produced by Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Crystal Peak Productions. Reno, Nev. Milner-Fenwick distributor c1990.
Consumer Health Video WP 910 A258

Breast Cancer Treatment: Different People, Different Choices. 1993. 14 minutes. Presented by The American College.
Consumer Health WP 870 A512b

Breast Cancer: at Time of Diagnosis. 1996. 30 minutes. New York: Time Life Medical. Medical Director: C. Everett Koop.
Consumer Health WP 870 P298b

Breast Lumps: at Time of Diagnosis. 1996. 30 minutes. New York: Time Life Medical. Medical Director: C. Everett Koop.
Consumer Health WP 840 P298b

It's Your Body, Check yourself out: Teen Breast Self - Exam Program. 1992.4 minutes 30 seconds. Johanna L. Ehmann.
Consumer Health WP 815 E33I

Maintaining a Positive Image with Breats Cancer Surgery. 1994. 11 minutes. Johanna L. Ehmann. Consumer Health WP 870 E33m

A Sense of Balance: Breast Reconstruction. 1989. 29 minutes. Dana -Farber Cancer Institute.
Consumer Health WP 910 D1675s

A Special Touch: Breast Self- Examination. 1987. 9 minutes. American Cancer Society.
Consumer Health WP 815 A512b

Multimedia

Understanding Breast Cancer. 1995. ISM,Inc. CD-ROM Consumer Health MultiMedia WP 870 I83u

Support Groups

Life after breast cancer: A journey toward wellness.
A support group for women diagnosed with breast cancer in the Central New York area. Topics include meditation, humor, massage therapy, spirituality, nutrition, herbal therapy, exercise, portfolio management, art therapy, communications, and using the internet to find quality information. Expert speakers present one of these topics weekly.

The group meets at Oasis in ShoppingTown Mall, Dewitt. Contact Jane Dantoni or Pat Brady at 464-8224.

Susan Komen Breast Cancer Support Group
500 S Warren Street Syracuse, New York 13202 Barbara Holstein/Facilitator- Office # (315) 472-6162/daytime
Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Associations

American Cancer Society. Central NY Region - East Syracuse 6725 Lyons St, PO Box 7 East Syracuse, NY 13057
Phone: (315) 437-7025, Fax: (315) 437-8233

National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations 9 E 37th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10016-2822
http://www.nabco.org

Web Sites

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