Social Media and Apps

A review of the best Breast Cancer Apps for information and connecting with a community for support here

Useful information for patients and caregivers on how to connect with online communities for support following a cancer diagnosis here

Articles

Breast Cancers Are Rising in Younger And In Older Women: Reasons For Concern - By Elaine Schattner ( Featured in Forbes)

"The study authors emphasized that breast cancers in women between 70 and 84 years will go up disproportionately, from just 24 percent to over a third (35 percent) of all breast cancers."

Read article here

Fears elderly women are putting themselves at risk of breast cancer after half cannot name another symptom apart from a lump - Daily Mail

"I want to say to all women over 70, don't assume you're past it. If you notice any changes to your breasts, tell your doctor."

Read article here

Being active might reduce breast cancer risk - Toronto Star

"Those women who hit the gym before work and then sat for hours at a time didn’t enjoy any more protection than those who skipped the gym and sat most of their day. Only the women who moved around frequently during the day — those who likely got up from their desks a lot to walk around at work or didn’t binge-watch television — saw elevated levels of this crucial gene."

Read article here

Celebrities Stand Up to Cancer

Angelina Jolie

"For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options. I want to encourage every woman, especially if you have a family history of breast or ovarian cancer, to seek out the information and medical experts who can help you through this aspect of your life, and to make your own informed choices."

Read the article here

Websites

Susan G. Komen Foundation

"At Susan G. Komen, our mission is pretty simple: to save lives and end breast cancer forever. How we do it…well, that’s a bit more complex. We educate, support research, offer grants that provide financial and emotional assistance and advocate for better breast cancer policy. But in a broader sense, we empower others, ensure quality care for all, and invest in science to find the cures."

For more information about what the Susan Komen foundation does, click here

BreastCancer.org

For reliable, complete, and up-to-date information about breast cancer and breast health click here

National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc.

To understand more about the different types of breast cancer, click here

For general information about triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) in English and Spanish, on the CDC’s page, click here