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Resources — Websites

Canadian Cancer Society — general information about cancer risk factors, early detection, and treatment.

Canadian Cancer Society: Hereditary breast cancer — an information site examining the genetic risk associated with breast cancer.

Canadian Cancer Society: Does Cancer Run in Your Family? Understanding Inherited Risk — Sociobehavioural Cancer Research Centre at the University of Toronto.

Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative — a review of lifestyle andenvironmental risk factors for breast cancer.

Health Canada: Cancer surveillance on-line — a site examining current cancer statistics in Canada.

Websites cont'd

Health Canada: Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada — a report on breast screening in Canada

The Ontario Breast Screening Program — information about the screening process and links to screening centres.

National Cancer Institute — a site, hosted by the American government, offering up to date information on cancer research.

BC Cancer Agency: Breast Cancer — a comprehensive site containing information about genetic risk assessment.

American Cancer Society — general information about cancer risk factors, early detection, and treatment.