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Toolkit to Navigate Breast Cancer
A breast cancer diagnosis can be frightening and confusing. Since our founding in 1990, we have been a source [...] VIEW
Uncovering LGBTQ Breast Cancer Realities
Posted on June 28, 2021 Individuals who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and/or Queer have [...] VIEW
The Climate Crisis and Breast Cancer
Overview The Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry The impacts of the fossil fuel industry on public health [...] VIEW

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If you would like to speak to someone regarding our Information & Resources services, you can email info@bcaction.org or leave a message at 415.243.9301 and we'll get back to you. Our Resource Library includes our toolkits, fact sheets, podcasts, and webinars that provide critical, evidence-based information. You'll find resources on topics dealing with screening, treatment, and diagnosis, and you can learn about the politics of breast cancer including our legislative and regulatory advocacy. BCAction's perspective is patient-centered, trustworthy, clear, and consistent.

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Breast Cancer Risks: Facts & Myths Overview Breast cancer has come into the spotlight over the last 50 years and numerous factors have been associated with breast cancer risk. BCAction understands that some risk factors are out of a person’s control, such as biological and socioeconomic f [...]
Pills for Prevention Overview Since our founding in 1990, Breast Cancer Action has emphasized the need to find the root causes of breast cancer so that we can truly prevent the disease. There is abundant evidence that the genesis of many cases of breast cancer lies in our toxic [...]
Breast Cancer and the Environment Overview Breast cancer is a complex disease that occurs in an environmentally complex world. For people assigned female sex at birth (AFABs) the lifetime risk increases with age, and the established risk factors for breast cancer account for only a fraction [...]
From Policy Wins to Environmental Action Posted on March 7, 2024 By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager When we raise our collective voices, we create systemic change. Recent updates: Wins! In partnership with other patient advocates and the Lymphedema Advocacy Group, in December of [...]
Let’s talk intersectionality: our latest video! Posted on February 22, 2024 By Tibby Reas, Communications Manager Our Executive Director Dr. KR recently sat down with breast surgeon Dr. Monique Gary and Ricki Fairley, CEO of TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance. The result? A hard-hitting [...]
Celebrating Belle Shayer Posted on February 13, 2024 By Zoë Christopher, Program Officer and Operations Manager As we wrote in December, Belle Shayer, the last living co-founder of Breast Cancer Action, passed away. Starting in 1988, with Elenore Pred, Linda Reyes, and Susan [...]
Fierce Activism Cloaked in Grace Posted on February 12, 2024 By Zoë Christopher, Operations Manager and Program Officer She lived her life with determination, compassion, curiosity, and courage, and Belle Shayer did it all with elegance and grace. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she had [...]
Our January Recap: Health, Environmental, and Social Justice Posted on February 6, 2024 By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager We say it all the time: environmental justice is health justice. We keep saying it because the data linking environmental exposures to an increased risk of breast cancer is ever-growing [...]

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