Breast Cancer Initiative

Through a joint effort with Health Dialog, the Foundation funds an initiative to support shared decision-making in Breast Cancer Centers across the United States.

The Breast Cancer programs were developed by the Foundation in collaboration with a nationally recognized team of breast cancer experts. They cover all the major decisions faced by an individual with breast cancer in a comprehensive and easy to understand manner. The programs include many women with breast cancer who talk about their experiences and the decisions they faced in the course of their treatments.

This initiative is a unique and growing effort that offers great potential for learning and collaboration in the area breast cancer. As part of the project, the Foundation provides data collection and analysis to help learn about the experiences of patients and health care providers in the breast cancer centers.

Organizations and providers who help women with breast cancer can receive up to 10 free copies of each breast cancer program, including:

• Early Stage Breast Cancer: Choosing Your Surgery
• DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ): Choosing Your Treatment
• Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Making the Journey Your Own
• Early Breast Cancer: Hormone Therapy & Chemotherapy - Are They Right for You?
• Breast Reconstruction: Is It Right For You?



 

 



The following sites are participating in the initiative:

California
Cancer Resource Center of Mendocino County, Ukiah
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland
Mendocino Cancer Resource Center, Mendocino
University of California, San Francisco, SF
Wilshire Oncology Medical Group, Pomona

Colorado
Mile High Oncology, Denver
Rose Medical Center, Denver
Sally Jobe Breast Center, Greenwood
Community Medical Center, Toms River

Delaware
Christiana Care Breast Center Newark

Iowa
Iowa Clinic, West Des Moines

Pennsylvania
Alleghany General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA





Massachusetts
Women’s Imaging Center, Berkshire Hospital, Pittsfield
Breast Health Center, Beverly Hospital, Beverly
Blum Center for Patient and Family Education, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston
Department of General Surgery, Lahey Hitchcock Clinic, Burlington
Cancer Resource Room, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston
South Suburban Oncology, Quincy
Southcoast Oncology, North Dartmouth
Outpatient Oncology Clinic, Sturdy Memorial Hospital, Attleboro
Oncology Department, Wing Memorial Hospital, Palmer

New Hampshire
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover

New Jersey
Fox Chase Virtual Health Cancer Center, Gibbsboro

Ohio
Marcell Community Library, Cleveland Clinic at Fairview, Cleveland
Flower Hospital, Sylvania

Please contact bcaprogram@fimdm.org if you are a provider and would like to use the programs with your patients.
Patients, please request copies through your providers.
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