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UT Researchers Decoding Saliva's Secrets, "Spit Test" to Detect Breast Cancer Underway

This January 2008 article summarizes a study announcing that "[r]esearchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston can identify and quantify specific protein markers in human saliva to provide an early, non-invasive diagnosi ...

http://publicaffairs.uth.tmc.edu/media/newsreleases/nr2008/bc-saliva.htm

Breast Cancer Action (BCA)

This "grassroots organization of breast cancer survivors and their supporters" focuses on "information about the causes and treatment" of breast cancer. The site features information about BCA projects and advocacy efforts, a news ...

http://www.bcaction.org

Susan G. Komen for the Cure: About Breast Cancer

Breast cancer-related health information and news. "Here, you'll find the latest information on diagnosis and treatment, risk factors and screening, including our Breast Cancer Risk Factors Table, and a host of other topics???like complementary thera ...

http://ww5.komen.org/

Imaginis

This site presents information about the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of breast cancer. Includes links to online journals, teaching materials, discussion groups, a free newsletter archived back to 1999, glossary, current news about women's he ...

http://www.imaginis.com/

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

This organization aims to "eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education, screening and treatment projects in communities around the world." The site features educational materials ...

http://www.komen.org/

Breast and Cervical Cancer: Prevention and Treatment

This page provides material "regarding the prevention and treatment of breast and cervical cancer. There is now a law [Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000], that permits state Medicaid programs to provide medical serv ...

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MedicaidSpecialCovCond/02_BreastandCervicalCancer_PreventionandTreatment.asp

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000

"This Act gives states the option to provide medical assistance through Medicaid to eligible women who were screened for and found to have breast or cervical cancer, including precancerous conditions." Includes a "summary of actions ta ...

http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp/legislation/law106-354.htm

Silent Spring Institute

This institute is a "research organization dedicated to identifying the links between the environment and women's health, especially breast cancer," with a focus on environmental risks in the state of Massachusetts. The site features a desc ...

http://www.silentspring.org

Breast Cancer Fund

The BCF's "mission is to eliminate deaths from breast cancer in our lifetime and make sure women living with breast cancer receive the best available care and support. [They] are working to find ways to reduce breast cancer--through earlier and bette ...

http://www.breastcancerfund.org/

Fast Stats: Mammography

Provides statistics on mammograms and breast cancer death rates, with links to complete tables from the data sources. Also includes related Web links. From the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C ...

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/mamogram.htm

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