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 Education and early detection are your best defenses against breast cancer.
Did you know:

  • Every three minutes a woman in the United States learns she has breast cancer.
  • In 2002, over 200,000 cases will occur.
  • Breast cancer affects men, too - over 1,000 each year.

The Cancer Information Service and other federal resources listed below provide the latest on breast cancer. Publications are available by phone and on line.

For breast care, go to Breast Care Center.

National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health:

Federal Consumer Information Center:

  • Call toll-free 1 (888) 8 PUEBLO. (1-888- 878-3256), weekdays 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. EDT and ask for the "Breast Cancer Awareness" package.
  • Send your name and address to Breast Cancer Awareness, Pueblo, Colorado 81009.
  • Open publication - Understanding Breast Changes.

American Cancer Society
1 (800) ACS-2345

National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
1 (800) 719-9154

Breast Cancer / Breast Health Resources
Office of Minority Health

Y-ME of National Capital Area
(703) 461-9616
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