Breast Cancer Research & Resources
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National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: www.canceradvocacy.org
Research Advocacy Network: researchadvocacy.org
Survivors Teaching Students: ocrahope.org/get-involved/share-your-voice-and-volunteer/survivors-teachingstudents/
American Institute for Cancer Research: www.aicr.org
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics: www.safecosmetics.org
Causes, Risk Factors & Prevention (American Cancer Society): www.cancer.org
Environmental Working Group: www.ewg.org
Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry: www.ovariancancer.com
Ovarian Cancer Risk Factors and Prevention: www.cancer.net
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: www.cancerproject.org
Carboplatin Chemotherapy: Carboplatin - Macmillan Cancer Support
Chemocare: www.chemocare.com
Chemotherapy (American Cancer Society): www.cancer.org/cancer/managing-cancer/treatment-types/chemotherapy.html
Chemotherapy (Cancer.net): www.cancer.net/navigating-cancer-care
Chemotherapy (Macmillan Cancer Support): https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancerinformation
FDA Drug Database: www.accessdata.fda.gov
MedlinePlus Drugs, Herbs, Supplements: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
Taxol Chemotherapy: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancerinformation/
American College of Surgeons Find A Surgeon Tool: www.facs.org/search/find-a-surgeon
American Board of Medical Specialties Certification Matters: www.certificationmatters.org
American Medical Association Doctor Finder: https://apps.ama-assn.org/doctorfinder/home.jsp
CalhospitalCompare.org: www.calhospitalcompare.org
Cancer Commons: cancercommons.org
Cancer Treatment Facilities by State (Patient Resource): www.patientresource.com
Find a Cancer Doctor (Cancer.net): www.cancer.net/find-cancer-doctor
Find a Gynecologic Oncologist: www.foundationforwomenscancer.org/find-a-gynecologic-oncologist/
Medical Board of California: www.mbc.ca.gov
Society of Gynecologic Oncology Seek a Specialist: www.sgo.org/seek-a-specialist
The Second Opinion: www.thesecondopinion.org
U.S. News and World Report Hospital Rankings: http://health.usnews.com/best-hospitals
American Cancer Society Clinical Trials Matching Service: www.cancer.org
Center Watch: www.centerwatch.com
Clinical Trials Information for Patients and Caregivers (National Cancer Institute): www.cancer.gov
Clinicaltrials.gov: www.clinicaltrials.gov
Emerging Med: https://app.emergingmed.com/emed/home
Lazerex Cancer Foundation: https://www.lazarex.org
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance Clinical Trials Finder: https://ocrahope.org/research/participate-in-research/find-a-clinical-trial/
Stanford Clinical Trials Directory: https://med.stanford.edu/clinicaltrials
The Clearity Foundation: www.clearityfoundation.org
Leal Health: www.trialjectory.com
UCSF Cancer Center Clinical Trials: http://cancer.ucsf.edu/clinical-trials
Caring Bridge: www.caringbridge.org
Jasper: www.hellojasper.com
Lotsa Helping Hands: www.lotsahelpinghands.com
Meal Train: www.mealtrain.com
My Cancer Circle: https://mycancercircle.lotsahelpinghands.com
MyLifeLine.org: www.MyLifeLine.org
Wellnest: www.inspirewellnest.com
We’re In This Together: https://wittforever.com/
About Herbs, Botanicals, and Other Products by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: www.mskcc.org
CAM-Cancer: cam-cancer.org
Cancer Choices: https://cancerchoices.org/
Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic: www.charlottemaxwell.org
Commonweal: www.commonweal.org
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (American Cancer Society): www.cancer.org/cancer/managing-cancer/treatment-types/complementary-and-integrative-medicine.html
Guided Imagery Podcasts (Kaiser Permanente): https://thrive.kaiserpermanente.org
Free Guided Meditations (UCLA Health): marc.ucla.edu/mindful-meditations
Harmony Hill Retreat Center: www.harmonyhill.org/cancer
MedlinePlus Drugs, Herbs, Supplements: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: https://nccih.nih.gov
Natural Medicines: https://naturalmedicines.therapeuticresearch.com
Office of Dietary Supplements (National Institute of Health): ods.od.nih.gov
Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians: https://oncanp.org
Society for Integrative Oncology: https://integrativeonc.org
Society for Oncology Massage: www.s4om.org
Stanford Health Library; Health Journeys: https://www.healthjourneys.com/partneraccess/
The Foundation for Living Beauty: https://www.livingbeauty.org/
Thinking About Complementary and Alternative Medicine (National Cancer Institute): https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam
Unite for HER: uniteforher.org
Diagnosis (Cancer.net): www.cancer.net/cancer-types/ovarian
Early Detection, Diagnosis & Staging (American Cancer Society): www.cancer.org/cancer/ovarian
Symptoms and Detection (Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance): https://ocrahope.org/get-the-facts/signs-and-symptoms/
Understanding CA125 (Foundation for Women’s Cancer): https://foundationforwomenscancer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/FWC_CA-125-Levels-Your-Guide.pdf
4th Angel Mentoring Program: 4thangel.ccf.org/
Asian American Cancer Support Network: aacsn.org
BACC Community Resources for Mental Health: www.bayareacancer.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/BACC-Community-Resources-for-Mental-Health.pdf
BeWellLine: bewellline.com
Cactus Cancer Society: https://cactuscancer.org/
CanCare: https://www.cancare.org/
Cancercare Ovarian Cancer Online Support Group: www.cancercare.org
Cancer CAREPoint: www.cancercarepoint.org
Cancer Support Community: www.cancersupportcommunity.org
Circulo de Vida: https://circulodevida.org/
Friend For Life: www.friend4life.org
Imerman Angels: www.imermanangels.org
Livestrong Cancer Navigation: www.livestrong.org/we-can-help/livestrong-navigation-b
National LGBT Cancer Network: cancer-network.org
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition Support Services: https://ovarian.org/programs-and-resources/support-services/
New Hope Chinese Cancer Care Foundation: www.newhopecancer.org
Pink Wings of Hope, Support for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind Community: https://www.deafinc.org/pwoh
Rafiki Coalition: https://rafikicoalition.org/
Shanti’s Margot Murphy Women’s Cancer Program: www.shanti.org
SHARE: www.sharecancersupport.org
Sharsheret: sharsheret.org
Stanford Supportive Care Program: https://stanfordhealthcare.org
Stupid Cancer: www.stupidcancer.org
Support Connection: supportconnection.org
The Ida and Joseph Friend Cancer Resource Center: cancer.ucsf.edu
With a Little Help From Her Friends (Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation): www.sandyovarian.org
Woman to Woman Peer Mentor Program (Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance): https://ocrahope.org/resources-support/woman-to-woman-peer-mentor-program/
Women’s Cancer Resource Center: www.wcrc.org
Women Care: fsa-cc.org/womencare
Advanced Cancer (Cancer.net): www.cancer.net
Bill Wilson Center for Living with Dying: www.billwilsoncenter.org
Caring Info: www.caringinfo.org
Coda Alliance: codaalliance.org
Death with Dignity: www.deathwithdignity.org
End of Life Care: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute): www.cancer.gov
Five Wishes: www.agingwithdignity.org
Grief, Bereavement, and Coping with Loss PDQ (National Cancer Institute): www.cancer.gov
Hospice Foundation of America: www.hospicefoundation.org
Hospice By the Bay: www.hospicebythebay.org
Hospice of the Valley: www.hospicevalley.org
Kara Grief Support: www.kara-grief.org
Mission Hospice & Home Care: www.missionhospice.org
National Association for Homecare and Hospice: www.nahc.org
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: www.nhpco.org
Pathways: www.pathwayshealth.org
The Conversation Project: theconversationproject.org
Bright Spot Network: https://www.brightspotnetwork.org/
Breathing Spaces: https://breathingspacesfc.com/
Camp Kaleidoscope: https://campkaleidoscope.org/
Camp Kesem: www.campkesem.org
Camp Erin: www.moyerfoundation.org/camps-programs
Camp Weiser: https://me-onefoundation.org/camp-wieser/
Cancer Really Sucks: https://www.aacr.org/patients-caregivers/patient-advocacy/resource/cancer-really-sucks/
Caregiver Action Network: caregiveraction.org
Caregiver Support Services (Cancercare): www.cancercare.org
Caregivers (Cancer Support Community): https://www.cancersupportcommunity.org/caregivers
Caregivers and Family (American Cancer Society): https://www.cancer.org/treatment/caregivers.html
CLIMB: www.childrenstreehousefdn.org
Coping with Cancer: For Caregivers, Family and Friends (National Cancer Institute): www.cancer.gov/cancertopics
EmpowerHER: https://www.empoweringher.org/
Helping Children When a Family member Has Cancer: Dealing With Diagnosis (American Cancer Society): https://www.cancer.org/cancer/caregivers/helping-children-when-a-family-member-has-cancer.html
Inheritance of Hope: https://inheritanceofhope.org/
Kara Grief Support: https://kara-grief.org
Publications About Caregiving (Cancercare): https://www.cancercare.org/publications/tagged/caregiving
Talking with Children About Cancer (Dana Farber Cancer Institute): https://www.dana-farber.org/patient-family/support-services/family-connections/forpatients/talking-children-about-cancer
Circle Surrogacy: https://circlesurrogacy.com/parents/cancer-survivor-parenting
Hope For Two: www.hopefortwo.org
Reprotech: www.reprotech.com
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association: www.resolve.org
The status of these financial resources is subject to change. Please reach out to our
Financial Assistance Coordinator, Veronica, at veronica@bayareacancer.org or 650-326-6299 ext. 18 for more information.
American Life Fund: https://www.americanlifefund.com/cancer-grant/
Benefits Check Up (National Council on Aging): www.benefitscheckup.org
Best Face Forward (Sharsheret): sharsheret.org/resource/best-face-forward-2-0/
Breast and Ovarian Cancer Emergency Fund: https://www.bayareacancer.org/financial-assistance/
Cancercare Financial Assistance Program: www.cancercare.org
Cancercare Financial Assistance Database: www.cancercare.org/helpinghand
Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition: www.cancerfac.org
Cancer For College: www.cancerforcollege.org
Cancer in the Family Relief Fund: www.cancerfamilyrelieffund.org
Disability Benefits Help: www.disability-benefits-help.org
Dream Foundation: www.dreamfoundation.org
Financial Considerations (American Society of Clinical Oncology): www.cancer.net/all-about-cancer
Good Days Patient Assistance: www.mygooddays.org
Hair To Stay: www.hairtostay.org/apply-for-a-subsidy/
Healthwell Foundation: www.healthwellfoundation.org
Nancy’s List: https://nancyslist.org/financial-assistance/
National Financial Resources Directory (Patient Advocate Foundation): www.patientadvocate.org
Needy Meds: www.needymeds.org/
OvarCare: www.ovarcome.org
Partnership for Prescription Assistance: www.pparx.org
Patient Advocate Foundation Co-Pay Relief: www.copays.org
Patient Services Inc: www.patientservicesinc.org
Rx Assist: www.rxassist.org
Sense of Security: https://www.senseofsecurity.org/
Social Security Disability Resource Center: www.ssdrc.com
The Sam Fund: www.thesamfund.org
ASK2ME: https://ask2me.org/
Assess Your Risk: https://assess-your-risk.dana-farber.org/
Bright Pink: www.brightpink.org
BRCA1 and BRCA2: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing (National Cancer Institute): www.cancer.gov
Decision Tool for Women with BRCA Mutations (Stanford): www.brcatool.stanford.edu/
FORCE: Facing Hereditary Cancer Empowered: www.facingourrisk.org
Genetic and Biomarker Tumor Testing (National Ovarian Cancer Coalition): https://ovarian.org/the-role-of-genetic-and-biomarker-tumor-testing-in-ovarian-cancer-treatment/
Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer PDQ (National Cancer Institute): https://www.cancer.gov/types/breast/hp/breast-ovarian-genetics-pdq
Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer (UpToDate): www.uptodate.com
Hereditary Cancer Emotional Support Group: https://www.sarachampielcsw.com/hereditarycancer
Hereditary Ovarian Cancer Risk (FORCE): https://www.facingourrisk.org/hereditary-ovarian-cancer-risk
Jscreen Genetic Testing: jscreen.org
National Society of Genetic Counselors: www.aboutgeneticcounselors.com
BRCA/Genetics Sharsheret: www.sharsheret.org
Air Charity Network: aircharitynetwork.org
Care Indeed: www.careindeed.com
Cleaning for a Reason: www.cleaningforareason.org
Corporate Angel Network: www.corpangelnetwork.org
Ecumenical Hunger: https://www.ehpcares.org/
Findhelp.org: https://www.findhelp.org/
Golden Age Bay Area: https://www.care.com/b/l/golden-age-bay-area/castro-valley-ca-20212-redwood-road103a1
Home Care Assistance: www.homecareassistance.com
Honor: www.joinhonor.com
Lifeline Pilots: www.lifelinepilots.org
Marin CIL: https://www.marincil.org/services/#meaningful-access-to-care
National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses: www.hhnetwork.org
Nurse Registry: nurseregistry.com
Open Homes (AirBnB): www.curetoday.com/articles/
Pink Ribbon Girls: https://www.pinkribbongirls.org/
Road to Recovery: www.cancer.org
Roadrunners Transportation: www.elcaminohospital.org/services/roadrunners-transportation
San Francisco Women’s Cancer Network: https://sfwcn.org/
Seniors At Home: www.seniorsathome.org
The Shanti Project: www.shanti.org
Visiting Angels: www.angelshomecare.com
Bay Area Legal Aid: https://baylegal.org
Cancer and Careers: www.cancerandcareers.org
Cancer Legal Resource Center: cancerlegalresources.org
LawHelpCA: lawhelpca.org
Patient Advocate Foundation: www.patientadvocate.org
GLMA, Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality: www.glma.org
Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer Considerations in Transgender Men: transhealth.ucsf.edu/trans
Support Groups for Survivors-National LGBT Cancer Network: https://cancer-network.org/programs/support-groups-for-survivors/
The LGBT Cancer Project: https://lgbtcancer.org
American Institute for Cancer Research: www.aicr.org
Cook for Your Life, Recipes: www.cookforyourlife.org
Culinary Angels: www.culinaryangels.org
Eating Hints Before, During and After Cancer Treatment: www.cancer.gov
Eating Well During and After Your Cancer Treatment (Memorial Sloan Kettering): www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/patient-education/eating-well-during-and-after-your-treatment
LiveStrong at the YMCA: https://www.ymca.org/what-we-do/healthy-living/fitness/livestrong
Nutrition and Physical Activity During and After Cancer Treatment: Answers to Common Questions: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/survivorship/be-healthy-after-treatment/nutrition-and-physical-activity-during-and-after-cancer-treatment.html
Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Survivors: www.cancer.org
Nutrition for the Person with Cancer During Treatment: www.cancer.org
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine: www.pcrm.org
Survivor’s Table: www.survivorstable.com
Stanford Health Care Cancer Wellness Classes: https://stanfordhealthcare.org/for-patients-visitors/cancer-supportive-care-program.html
The Cancer Fighting Kitchen, Recipe-Box: www.rebeccakatz.com
American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org/cancer/ovarian-cancer
CancerCare: www.cancercare.org
Cancer.net: www.cancer.net/cancer-types/ovarian-fallopian-tube-and-peritoneal-cancer/introduction
CancerToday: www.cancertodaymag.org
Cure Magazine: www.curetoday.com
Disease InfoSearch: https://www.diseaseinfosearch.org/
Health Education Resource Centers (Sutter Health): https://www.sutterhealth.org/patient-resources/health-education-resource-centers
Fallopian Tube Cancer: https://www.cedars-sinai.org/health-library/diseases-and-conditions/f/fallopian-tube-cancer.html
Foundation for Women’s Cancer: www.foundationforwomenscancer.org
MedlinePlus: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
Medscape Oncology Ovarian Cancer News: www.medscape.com/resource/ovarian-cancer
National Cancer Institute: www.cancer.gov/types/ovarian
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines for Patients: www.nccn.org
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition: www.ovarian.org
OncoLink: www.oncolink.org
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance: www.ocrfa.org
Ovarian Cancer Research News: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1292431/bay_area_cancer_connections_ovarian_research_news/library
Ovarian Cancer Resource Guide for Newly Diagnosed Women (National Ovarian Cancer Coalition): https://ovarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/NewlyDiagnosed081821.pdf
Ovarian Cancer, Your Guide (Foundation for Women’s Cancer): https://www.foundationforwomenscancer.org/gynecologic-cancers/cancer-types/ovarian/
PubMed: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
Society of Gynecologic Oncology: www.sgo.org/ovarian-cancer
SurvivorNet: www.survivornet.com
UpToDate: www.uptodate.com
Ovarian Cancer Resource Guide for Women with Recurrent Disease (National Ovarian Cancer Coalition): https://ovarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/RecurrentDisease081821.pdf
Recurrent or Progressive Disease (Clearity Foundation): http://www.clearityfoundation.org/recurrent-or-refractory-cancer/
Chill, Cancer related hair loss: www.scalpcooling.org
Chemo Diva: https://chemodiva.com
Ever You (American Cancer Society): https://everyou.com/
First Aid for People with Cancer: https://pacificmedicalacls.com/first-aid-for-people-with-cancer.html
Friend to Friend Specialty Shop: www.friend2friend.org
Good Wishes: www.goodwishesscarves.org
Hair To Stay: www.hairtostay.org
Lipstick Angels: www.lipstickangels.org
Look Good, Feel Better: lookgoodfeelbetter.org
Managing Cancer-related Side Effects: www.cancer.org
National Lymphedema Network: www.lymphnet.org
Pain Management (American Society of Anesthesiologists): www.asahq.org/whensecondscount/pain-management
Quality of Life Issues (National Ovarian Cancer Coalition): https://ovarian.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/QOL-051421.pdf
The Rapunzel Project: www.rapunzelproject.org
The Next Step: www.nextstepboutique.com
Understanding the Side Effects of Cancer Treatment (Patient Resource): www.patientresource.com
Verma Foundation: https://vermafoundation.org
Wigs and Wishes: https://www.wigsandwishes.org/request-a-wig.php
Wig Resources: link
After Treatment Ends: Tools for the Adult Cancer Survivor (Cancercare): www.cancercare.org
Cancer Survivorship (American Society of Clinical Oncology): www.cancer.net
Journey Forward: journeyforward.org
OncoLink Survivorship Care Plan: www.oncolink.org
Ovarian Cancer Consortium for Long-Term Survival: https://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/research/ovariansurvivorshipstudy.aspx
Ovarian Cancer Survivorship (Cancer.net): www.cancer.net
Ovarian Cancer Treatment Summary and Survivorship Care Plan (Society of Gynecologic Oncology): www.sgo.org
Overview of Targeted Therapies for Cancer: https://www.mycancergenome.org/
Personalized Cancer Therapy: https://pct.mdanderson.org/
Targeted Cancer Therapies (National Cancer Institute): www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/targeted-therapies/
NCCN Patients Guidelines: https://www.nccn.org
Treating Ovarian Cancer (American Cancer Society): www.cancer.org
Treatment Options (Cancer.net): www.cancer.net

Breast Cancer Research & Resources
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