Articles of category "american breast cancer"

In 2006, approximately 212,920 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. This is why organizations that address this devastating medical condition are so important. The American Breast Cancer Society provides research that focuses on curing the disease; information that helps women understand, detect, and prevent the disease; and community outreach that helps women with fewer resources receive education, medical care, and preventive health care.

In the early 1970's a graduate student doing research at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center knew a woman who was dying of breast cancer. This was long before the appearance of online information, such as that provided by the American Breast Cancer Foundation. The graduate student used to make a point of visiting the breast cancer patient, whenever she was home for a visit. Those visits shaped the student's view of the existing organizations for breast cancer patients.