Education and Resources
Helping You.
A primary goal of the Southern Arizona affiliate is to serve as your connection to resources and information about breast health and breast cancer. Whether you are promoting positive breast health and early detection to friends, family and co-workers, or need support for yourself or your loved ones after a breast cancer diagnosis, we are here for you. Our list of local resources and caring staff are here to help you empower yourself and others and find hope and comfort when needed. Please call or visit us.
By providing outreach to the underserved, participating in health fairs and providing speakers for events, we are active and intentional in our efforts to fulfill our promise, "to save lives and end breast cancer forever by empowering people, ensuring quality care for all and energizing science to find the cures."
Educational Materials Available in the Komen Office
- Breast Self Examination - shower card
- Breast Health Basics - general informational sheet
- Caring For your Breasts - booklet
- Mammography: A picture Can Save a Life - informational card
- Take Charge; Older Women and Breast Health - pamphlet and shower card
- La Salud de los Senos y Usted - pamphlet
- Questions To Ask Your Doctor - pamphlet
- Southern Arizona Affiliate - membership information pamphlet
If you are in need of educational materials, please call the Southern Arizona affiliate office (520) 319-0155.
Breast Cancer Information
Susan G. Komen for the Cure sponsors a National Toll-Free Breast Care Helpline, which is answered Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST, by trained, caring volunteers who can provide answers to questions, helpful information, resources and moral support to individuals with breast health or breast cancer concerns, 1-877-GO-KOMEN. Also, visit the National Organizations's award-winning website http://www.komen.org/.
Online Resources
These sites offer additional information on various aspects of breast cancer. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has no control over the content of these sites. Each link opens in a separate browser window.
Alpha Cancer Information Resource
AMC Cancer Research Center
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Cancer Society
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American College of Radiology
American Medical Women's Association
American Pain Foundation
American Self-Help Clearinghouse
American Society of Clinical Oncology
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgeons
Arkansas Breast Care
Ask NOAH about: Cancer
Association of
Cancer Online Resources
Blood and Marrow Transplant Newsletter
Breast Cancer.com
Breast Cancer.net
CancerBACUP
Cancer Care
Cancer Consultants
CancerEducation.com
Cancer Guide: Steve Dunn's Cancer Information Page
Cancer Hope Network
CancerNet
CancerNetwork.com Breast Cancer Area
Cancer News
Cancer Research Foundation of America
Cancer Trials
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centerwatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
Common Child Reactions to Breast Cancer and How to Help
Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Susan Love
EduCare
Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry
The Gillette Women's Cancer Connection
HealingWell.com Breast Cancer Resource Center
Health World Online
Health U Breast Cancer Information
Imaginis.com
Intercultural Cancer Council
Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Mautner Project
National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO)
National Asian Women's Health Organization
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Coalition
National Breast Cancer Foundation
National Cancer Institute
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
National Lymphedema Network
National Women's Health Information Center
National Women's Health Resource Center
Native American Circle
OBGYN.net Latina
OncoLink - University of Pennsylvania Cancer
Center
Oncology Nursing Society
SHARE, Self-Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer
Sisters Network
Sunstone Cancer Support Foundation
Texas Cancer Data Center
Texas Cancer Gateway
Texas Department of Health, Breast and Cervical
Cancer Control Program
The Wellness Community
Vital Options
Y-Me
Young Survival Coalition
