American Cancer Society, (800) ACS-2345. www.cancer.org

American Medical Association Consumer Health. www.ama-assn.org/consumer.htm

The Breast Cancer Fund, (800) 487-0492. www.breastcancerfund.org

Cancer Care, Inc., (800) 813-HOPE (4673),in NYC (212) 302-2400. www.cancercare.org

Can Search (National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship) www.cansearch.org

Healthfinder:  www.healthfinder.gov

Medline (medlineplus.nim.nih.gov) is the largest Online database, with 3,600 contributing medical journals, Medline has a separate database called Cancerlit. Some public libraries and medical libraries subscribe, and will permit searches, sometimes for a fee. Medline is available at no cost on the web through HealthGate at www.healthgate.com . You can also use special software such as Grateful Med at igm.nlm.nih.gov. CompuServe and America Online also provide access to Medline.

NABCO, 9 East 37th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10016, (888) 80-NABCO. www.nabco.org

National Action Plan on Breast Cancer, www.napbc.org

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, (877) NCCS-YES (622-7937); (877) TOOLS-4-U (866-5748). www.cansearch.org

National Women's Health Information Center, www.4woman.org

National Womans Health Resource Center, www.healthywoman.org

NCI's Cancer Trials,  cancertrials.nci.nih.gov

Oncolink, cancer.med.upenn.edu

The National Breast Cancer Coalition, 1707 L Street, NW, Suite 1060, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 296-7477. www.natlbcc.org

The National Cancer Institute, cancer.nci.nih.gov

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Race for the Cure®, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 370, Dallas, TX 75244, (972)855-1600 or (800)I'M AWARE. www.breastcancerinfo.com, www.raceforthecure.com

Women's Healthcare Educational Network, Inc. (800) 991-8877; e-mail when@bascom.brightnet; web site www.TOLweb.com/when. Call for a list of 78 member shops specializing in postsurgery products.

Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, 212 W. Van Buren Street, Fifth Floor, Chicago, IL 60607, (800) 221-2141. www.y-me.org

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