Long Beach Breast
Cancer Coalition
P.O. Box 844
Long Beach, NY 11561
Phone: (516) 943-3404

 


LONG ISLAND ORGANIZATIONS
Nassau/Suffolk Law Services (BC Legal Advice) 516-232-2400
Babylon Breast Cancer Coalition www.babylonbreastcancer.org 631-893-4110
Brentwood/Bayshore BC Coalition
   631-273-4074
Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition
  516-466-5267
Huntington BC Action Coalition www.hbcac.org 516-547-1518
South Fork Breast Health Coalition
   631-726-8606
Town of Islip Breast Cancer Coalition   631-742-7900
West Islip Breast www.wibcc.org 631-666-2026
CANCER ORGANIZATIONS
American Cancer Society
 www.cancer.org 800-ACS-2345
Cancer Care – Long Island Main Office www.cancercare.org 516-364-8130
Cancer Information Services www.cancer.gov 800-4-CANCER
The Mesothelioma
Center		 www.asbestos.com/cancer/breast.php 800-215-2270
SITES FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH
New York State Dept. of Health/Women’s Health www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/
consumer/ women/homewome.htm		 518-474-5370
National Lymphedema Network www.lymphnet.org  
COUNSELING & SUPPORT GROUPS
Adelphi NYS Breast Cancer Support Program www.adelphi.edu/nysbreastcancer 800-877-8077
Cancer Care, Inc www.cancercare.org 800-813-HOPE
Franklin Hospital Medical Center …………………… 516-256-6012
Long Beach Medical Center ……………………
516-897-1504
Mujeres Con Esperanza
(for Spanish speaking women
living in Nassau County)
 ……………………
516-572-0750
North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset ……………………
516-562-8714
Reach to Recovery www.cancer.org 800-ACS-2345
S.H.A.R.E.(Self-help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer) – English & Spanish
 www.sharecancersupport.org 212-719-0364
Sisters Network, Inc.
(African-American breast cancer survivors) 		www.sistersnetworkinc.org/ 516-538-8086
South Nassau Communities Hospital …………………… 516-526-1370

Websites for Breast Cancer Information
 


www.breastcancer.org

www.imaginis.com

www.susanlove.com

 

Environmental Organizations
Environmental Protection Agency
 www.epa.gov/Region2/ 212-637-300
Cornell University
 http://envirocancer.cornell.edu/default.cfm 607-254-2893
L.I. Neighborhood Network
(information on organic landscaping)		 www.longislandnn.org 516-541-4321

Suggested Reading

 

Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book
by Dr. Susan Love and Karen Lindsey

Coping With Lymphedema (Coping With...)
by Joan Swirsky and Diane Sackett Nannery

Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risks : Basic Facts Plus Four Simple Changes>
That Work
by Joyce C. Smolkin

Living Downstream : A Scientist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment
by Sandra Steingraber

How to Get Your Lawn and Garden Off Drugs : A Basic Guide To Pesticide Free Gardening in North America
by Carole Rubin

Life's Delicate Balance: Guide to Causes and Prevention of Breast Cancer
by Janette D. Sherman

   

 

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