Support groups

Breast Cancer Information Support Group
For patients and families
Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Hope Lodge
2500 University Ave., S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414
Contact:  Ann Cummings, 612-273-2151 or Susan Pappas-Varco, 612-273-6434

Twin Cities Young Survivor Group
For people in their 20s to early 40s.
Meets 3rd Thursday of each month.
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Normandale Lutheran Church, Edina
Contact: Susan Pappas-Varco, 612-273-6434 or Ann Cummings, 612-273-2151

Additional support groups:
Contact the Cancer Information Line
ccinfo@umn.edu
612-624-2620
Toll-free in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas:
1-888-CANCER MN (1-888-226-2376)

Feature Stories

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• Breakthrough research for breast cancer
• Taking charge against cancer

Masonic Cancer Center Presentations

• "Targeting the Estrogen Recepton in Post-Menopausal Women with Breast Cancer: Strategies, Benefits, and Risks": Masonic Cancer Center Director Douglas Yee's presentation at the Women's Health Research Conference, Sept. 17, 2007.
• Cancer U: Breast Cancer: presentations from the Sept. 27, 2007 event
• "The Evolution of Breast Cancer Surgery" (PPT): Surgical oncologist Dr. Todd Tuttle presented these slides at the Masonic Cancer Center's Cancer U: Ask the Experts session, "Women and Cancer: Advances in Research and Treatment," Oct. 12, 2006.

Web Resources

• The Masonic Cancer Center offers cancer information provided by the National Cancer Institute:
  • Breast Cancer Prevention
  • Breast Cancer Screening
  • Breast Cancer Treatment and Pregnancy
  • Breast Cancer Treatment
  • Male Breast Cancer Treatment
• Breast Cancer Awareness (MP3)
  Listen to Masonic Cancer Center researcher Kristin Anderson, Ph.D., discuss breast cancer risk factors in this Public Health Moment produced by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
• Biology of the Mammary Gland
• Minnesota Cancer Facts and Figures 2006 (PDF) (Breast cancer information begins on page 24.)
• National Breast Cancer Coalition
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 
• Breast Cancer Quiz
• Familial Cancer Clinic
• Some excellent consumer-oriented books about breast cancer are available in the Consumer Health section of the University of Minnesota's Bio-Medical Library.