Guides to Understanding Breast Cancer
In this section, learn more about our guides to understanding breast cancer. These books and brochures address the unique needs of women newly diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and women with metastatic (advanced) breast cancer. Read descriptions of the guides, download free PDFs and order single or bulk copies at our online marketplace.
Please note we can mail only single copies (no bulks) to non-U.S. addresses at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience and encourage our international visitors to download print-friendly or PDF versions of our guides, accessible below.
Please use the links below to access the guides of interest to you.
Getting Connected: African-Americans Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Our culturally sensitive booklet Getting Connected: African-Americans Living Beyond Breast Cancer will help you from the moment of diagnosis, through breast cancer treatment and beyond. African-American women affected by breast cancer discuss their reactions to diagnosis, how they made treatment decisions and where they found support.
We Celebrate Tomorrow: Latinas Living Beyond Breast Cancer
This culturally sensitive booklet shares the stories of Latinas with breast cancer. Explore your first reactions to a breast cancer diagnosis, beliefs and truths about breast cancer, ways to get good health care, breast cancer treatment options, getting support from family and friends and what to do after you finish active treatment.
Guide to Understanding Fear of Recurrence
The Guide to Understanding Fear of Recurrence explores the common worry that breast cancer could return. Find out why some milestones, holidays and situations trigger an emotional response; how to find support; and methods to manage your feelings.
Guide to Understanding Insomnia and Fatigue
The Guide to Understanding Insomnia and Fatigue will help you learn how sleeping problems related to cancer and its treatments may impact your life. Explore tips on improving your sleep and maintaining your energy, ways to talk with a healthcare professional, using lifestyle changes and medicines to manage insomnia and fatigue and ways to move forward. Available online only.
Guide to Understanding Bone Health
Find out how breast cancer treatments impact your risk for osteopenia and osteoporosis. Get practical tools to maintain and build bone mineral density after chemotherapy, hormonal therapy or ovarian suppression.
Guide to Understanding Financial Concerns
The Guide to Understanding Financial Concerns will help you navigate private and public health insurance plans and explains how to get insurance if you don't have it. Discover what to do if your claim is denied, how to access federal and private programs, when to use COBRA and disability and how to handle the "hidden" costs of breast cancer. Available online only.
Guide to Understanding Your Emotions
If you are newly diagnosed, the Guide to Understanding Your Emotions will help you make sense of your feelings. This brochure covers common emotions, signs of anxiety and depression, consulting a healthcare professional, responding to emotions, understanding your feelings after initial treatment ends and practical strategies for moving forward.
Guide to Understanding Breast Cancer Treatment Research Studies
Learn the basics of cancer clinical trials, weigh the pros and cons of taking part in breast cancer research and explore questions to ask your doctors. Get understandable information about clinical trial phases, research protocols, randomization, blinding, informed consent and safety laws. Available online only.
Key Findings from Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s National Needs Assessment of Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer
This executive summary presents key findings of our Young Women's Initiative's national needs assessment of young women affected by breast cancer.
Silent Voices: Women with Advanced (Metastatic) Breast Cancer Share Their Needs and Preferences for Information, Support and Practical Resources
This extensive report contains findings from a 2005 survey of 618 women living with stage 4 (metastatic) breast cancer. It offers insights and direction on the information, support and practical needs of women living with advanced disease.
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