Breast Cancer Emotional Support
Emotional and Social Support
Helping patients and families cope with breast cancer:
Susan G. Komen Facts for Life
- Coping with a Cancer Diagnosis
- Cómo enfrentar el diagnóstico de cáncer
- Sexuality, Intimacy and Breast Cancer
- Sexualidad e intimidad
- Talking with Your Children
- Al hablar con sus hijos
- Talking with Your Partner
- Al hablar con su compañero
Helping patients understand depression and anxiety:
ACS Anxiety, Fear and Depression
Medline Plus Tutorial on Depression (English)
Helplines, Online and Community Support
1-877 GO KOMEN helpline provides free professional support about breast health and breast cancer concerns. For breast cancer patients and their families.
Susan G. Komen Message Boards are an open forum for patients to discuss treatment, survivorship, living with breast cancer, breast cancer news and education and Komen events.
Breast Cancer Network of Strength offers a peer support program with a 24/7 hotline staffed by trained breast cancer survivors who provide peer support, e-mail and support groups. Information is available in a number of languages.
Living Beyond Breast Cancer/LBBC (English and Spanish) is a national non-profit education and support organization to improve your quality of life and help you take an active role in your ongoing recovery or management of the disease, regardless of educational background, social support or financial means empowering all women affected by breast cancer to live as long as possible with the best quality of life.
Young Survival Coalition (English and Spanish) offers educational programs for young women affected by breast cancer, the medical community, friends, family members, healthy young women and the general public.
COLORES de Cancer Support Group (Spanish) is a Colorado-based community, cancer care and health care network who share information and resources for Spanish-speaking cancer patients, survivors and their families. Contact: Athena Y. Baca-Chieza, Psy.D. (303) 839-6927. Email: athena.bacachieza@healthonecares.com.
This Breast Cancer Resources for Patient Navigators is a mini-site of the Colorado Patient Navigator Program. It is sponsored by the Avon Foundation for Women.