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UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK
Has leaflets on Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer - Hereditary Factors and Breast Screening.
Breakthrough Breast Cancer
On this site you can get all the latest news about breast cancer and Breakthrough, find details of major campaigns and fundraising events.
Breast Cancer Campaign
Breast Cancer Campaign’s mission is to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure.
Breast Cancer Care
Information and support on breast cancer; for those who fear they may have breast cancer and for those who have other breast health concerns.
CoppaFeel
Aims to hit home the importance of breast examination in younger women.
National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline
Provides help and information for those concerned about their family history of breast cancer, and also has a useful database of women prepared to share their own experiences with others.
UKBC Support
An active online support group for women with breast cancer.
Breast cancer screening across the UK
Information from the UK Screening portal.
Check your risk (ovarian cancer risk assessment tool)
Online Personal Risk Assessment Tool (OPERA) which is provided by Macmillan Cancer Support.
Early and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Advanced Breast Cancer
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Breast Cancer - bevacizumab (in combination with a taxane)
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Endoscopic mastectomy and endoscopic wide local excision for breast cancer
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Breast cancer - gemcitabine
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Breast cancer (early) - docetaxel
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Breast cancer (early) - paclitaxel
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Breast cancer (early) - trastuzumab
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Breast cancer (early) - hormonal treatments
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Familial breast cancer
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Endoscopic axillary lymph node retrieval for breast cancer
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Laparoscopic mobilisation of the greater omentum for breast reconstruction
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Interstitial laser therapy for breast cancer
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Brachytherapy as the sole method of adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer after local excision
A patient guide to complement the NICE guideline of the same name for health professionals.
Breast cancer overview
NICE Pathways are for people who use NICE guidance. This includes health and social care professionals, public health experts, those who commission or provide health and social care services, employers and members of the public.
Macmillan Cancer Support
Has information on Breast cancer, Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), Secondary breast cancer and Men's breasts.
Breast cancer
Information from CancerHelp UK.
Breast cancer
Information from the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
Breast Cancer: Risk Factors
Information from Women’s Health Concern.
HRT and Breast Cancer
Information from the British Menopause Society.
Treating Breast Cancer
Information from the North London Cancer Network.
Breast Cancers
Information from emc Medicine Guides.
Breast Cancer
Patient experience video from Healthtalkonline.
NHS Choices
The government's patient information portal has leaflets on Breast lump, Breast cancer (female), Mastectomy and Breast cancer (male).
See also the Patient UK cancer page for many other links.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.