Chapter 2

cancer of the breast

Wikipedia is a useful source of information on all of the diseases discussed in the next several chapters. Lists of celebrity survivors and patients can be found in many places on the Internet, such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_breast_cancer_patients_according_to_survival_status. The full breast cancer site is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer.

In addition to her Uplift: Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors (Simon and Schuster, 2003), Barbara Delinsky has a Web site for survivors at www.barbaradelinsky.com/delinsky-uplift.htm.

The National Cancer Institute’s Web site provides updated statistics on the incidence of breast cancer and information about treatment and ...

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