Local and National Resources

San Antonio, Texas area

Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation
Telephone: 210-692-9535, So Texas – 800-692-9535
Website: www.alamobreastcancer.org

American Cancer Society
Telephone: 210-614-4211
Website: www.cancer.org

CancerCare
Website: www.cancercare.org

Cancer Matters
www.cancermatters.com

Cancer Therapy Research Center
Telephone: 210-616-5504  (Information Line), 800-340-2872
Website: www.ctrc.org

Christus Santa Rosa Mobile Mammography Van
Mammograms for low-income and uninsured individuals
Contact: Mariel Rodgers
Telephone: 210-704-4248
Web site: www.christushealth.org

Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Telephone: 210-222-9009
Website: www.sakomen.org

WINGS (Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing)
Telephone: 210-946-9464
Website: www.texaswings.org

United States
American Cancer Society
Telephone: 800-227-2345
Website: www.cancer.org

Breast Cancer.Org
www.breastcancer.org

Breast Cancer Resources
from OncologySTAT

Encore Plus Program of the YWCA
Office of Women’s Health Initiatives
Telephone: 800-953-7587

Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer
Website: www.mautnerproject.org

National Breast Cancer Coalition
Telephone: 800-622-2838
Website: www.stopbreastcancer.org

National Cancer Institute
Telephone: 800-422-6237
Website: www.cancer.gov

National Institute of Health (Cancer Clinical Trials)
Website: www.clinicaltrials.gov

National Lymphedema Network
Website: www.lymphnet.org

Ribbon of Pink
Website: www.ribbonofpink.com

Susan G. Komen Cancer Foundation
Telephone: 800-462-9273 – I’m Aware Hotline
Website:www.komen.org or www.breastcancerinfo.com

Susan Love, MD
Website: www.susanlove.com

A good reference book about breast cancer is Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book by Susan M. Love (Perseus Publishing, 4th edition, 2005).

The Sister Study
Telephone: 877-474-7837, Hearing Impaired: 866-899-4747
Website: www.sisterstudy.org

Y-Me National Breast Cancer Hotline
Telephone: 800-221-2141, 800-986-9505 (Spanish)
Website: www.y-me.org

Young Survival Coalition
Website: www.youngsurvival.org