INFORMATION LINE
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Hotline
800/221-2141, 24-hours www.y-me.org
Trained staff of breast cancer survivors answers questions and provides peer counseling.

ORGANIZATIONS
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Rd. NE
Atlanta, Ga. 30329
800/227/2345, 24-hours www.cancer.org
Call for more information about Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities. The acs provides free brochures and newsletters, lists of accredited mammography centers, and referrals to support groups.

Institute for Health & Healing Library, California Pacific Medical Center
2040 Webster St.
San Francisco, CA 94115
415/923-3681, T-Sat. 11-5, W 11-7 pst.
Call to order a bibliography of up-to-date articles on breast cancer ($35-$50) or a packet of materials on conventional and alternative therapies ($125).

National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
9 E. 37th St., 10th Floor
New York, NY 10016
888/806-2226
www.nabco.org
Calls returned within 24 hours. Staff answers questions and sends information packets, guides to breast cancer resources, and referrals to support groups and low-cost screening centers.