Breast cancer is the result of cells within the breast growing out of control. There are different types of breast cancer, and each form has its own characteristics because of differences in their precursor cells. The National Cancer Institute estimates that approximately 200,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed and 40,000 deaths from breast cancer will occur in the U.S. in 2009. Breast cancer is most easily treatable when it is caught early, so women and men alike need to be well-informed about. Fortunately, many resources for breast cancer information are available on the Internet.
Step 1
Visit government-operated websites. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov/cancer/breast/) as well as the National Cancer Institute (see Resources) both have extensive online resources about breast cancer. These websites offer overviews of the disease and information about its diagnosis, prognosis and treatment options.
Step 2
Visit the websites of large, nationally renowned medical facilities, such as the Mayo Clinic (see Resources), the American Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Many large medical groups offer downloadable information about breast cancer, among other health topics. The Mayo Clinic, for example, has information on breast cancer, inflammatory breast cancer, as well as guides to mammograms and identifying the symptoms of breast cancer.
Step 3
Visit the websites of organizations dedicated to breast cancer research, education and awareness. Breastcancer.org (see Resources), the National Breast Cancer Foundation (nationalbreastcancer.org), the American Cancer Society (cancer.org) and Susan G. Komen for the Cure (komen.org) are examples of organizations that have comprehensive online libraries of information about breast cancer symptoms, treatment and current research.
Step 4
To save information you find on a website, use the computer's mouse or touch pad to highlight the text, then press the "Control" and "C" keys (or the Apple key and the "C" keys for Macs) on the keyboard, open a new word processing document and then press the "Control" and "P" keys (or the Apple key and the "P" key for Macs) on the keyboard to paste the highlighted text into a word processing file you can save and print.
Alternately, you can print the information directly from the website by clicking the "Print" icon at the top of the Web browser window or the "Print" button that often appears on informational pages of a website.
