Breast Cancer Support Groups

• Health: Conditions and Illness: Cancer: Support Groups 

• AVON Breast Cancer Crusade  - Access background info, events and contacts for philanthropic group devoted to awareness and research.
• Board of Human Kindness: Breast Cancer  - Furnishes a host of message boards and chat rooms for breast cancer patients.
• Bosom Buddies  - Presents background info and contacts for a breast cancer support group in Naples, Florida.
• Breast Cancer Action Nova Scotia (BCANS)  - Survivor driven support group, with 24/7 online support and chat, searchable archives, and user profiles.
• Breast Cancer Mailing List  - Publishes membership info, events, archives and contacts.
• Breast Cancer Mailing List Archive  - Offers a wealth of information about breast cancer from experts plus chat and more.
• The Breast Cancer Site  - Group dedicated to all aspects of early detection for breast cancer, offers free mammograms to underprivileged women nationwide.
• Breast Cancer Support  - Support group for survivors, with an "Ask the Doctor" feature, grief support board, and chat room.
• Breast Cancer.org: Support Boards  - Features discussion forums devoted to a variety of topics for patients, family members and friends.
• Breast Link.com  - Offers information, chat rooms, treatment options, survivor stories and second opinions.
• Cancer Hope Network  - Provides free confidential one-on-one support by trained survivors to cancer patients and their families; with toll-free hotline.
• Cancer News: Breast Cancer Support  - Features an index of support groups for patients, friends and family members.
• Celebrating Life  - African American women and breast cancer. Gives a profile of the foundation, activities and events, and breast cancer information. Includes a list of organizations and support groups.
• Community Breast Health Project  - Offers outreach support services and information to patients in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Friends in Need  - Support for women at high risk of ovarian cancer and/or breast cancer; with chat, survivor stories, online resources, and more.
• Friends in Touch  - User-driven support for the breast cancer patient, survivor, caregiver or friend; with message boards, chat, and online resources.
• Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition  - Locate background info, events, news, contacts, support and details about new legislation.
• HERS Breast Cancer Foundation  - Presents news, events, contact info, FAQs, workshops, discussion boards and more.
• Ice Men  - Furnishes slide shows, videos, member bios and contacts for a fundraising team of ice skaters.
• In Your Corner  - A free support program for women taking Arimidex as a breast cancer treatment.
• Inflammatory Breast Cancer Support  - Features information for newly diagnosed patients, including FAQs, list archives, treatment info and patient stories.
• Kids Konnected  - Support group for kids coping with a parent's cancer, with a 24-hour hotline for kids, group meetings, summer camp programs, social events, and more.
• Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC)  - Provides support on physical, social, emotional, legal and financial issues after completing breast cancer treatment; with Survivors' Helpline, interactive message boards, newsletter, and more.
• Living With It.org  - Publishes information about the disorder plus patient stories, financial info, support contacts and more.
• Meeting Place for Survivors  - Patients share information about treatment and recovery via message boards.
• OBGYN.net: Breast Health Forum  - Contains discussion forums and a collection of FAQs about the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
• OncoChat  - Web chat designed for anyone who has or has had cancer; includes directory of online resources.
• SHARE  - NY-based self-help organization, providing peer-led (by survivors) support and hotlines for women with breast and ovarian cancer, and their friends and family. Includes LatinaSHARE (in Spanish).
• Sisters Network  - Survivors support group committed to increasing awareness of the impact of breast cancer in the African-American community.
• Susan G. Komen Foundation  - Delivers subscription info, upcoming events, news and advocacy information.
• Virginia Huston Healing Garden  - Offers counseling, complementary therapies and educational programs to patients, partners and families, with no financial barriers.
• The Wellness Community  - Helps people with cancer and their families through professionally led support groups and educational workshops.
• Willow  - Breast cancer peer support and resource services for people with breast cancer, their families and friends across Canada.
• WINGS  - Offers comprehensive breast health care services to patients in Central and South Texas regardless of their ability to pay.
• Young Survival Coalition  - Network of breast cancer survivors and supporters focusing on the special issues of young women with breast cancer.