Local Resources

The San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure funds breast health and breast cancer education, outreach, screening, support, and treatment services for underserved populations through our yearly grant cycle. Click here to see the programs we are funding for the 2011-12 program year.

The Bay Area Breast Cancer Resource Search Engine is a comprehensive search engine for breast health and breast cancer resources maintained online by the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC). This guide includes regional and national organizations, support groups, counseling, child care, screening, diagnosis, treatment and financial assistance and is designed to help individuals make more informed decisions and take charge of their health.

Our downloadable Bay Area Community Resource Guide is a list in pdf form of local breast health and breast cancer resources. Please note: We provide this resource list as an aide and convenience to the general community. The information in this list reflects information received from a variety of resources and lists originally compiled by other organizations as of February 2011. However, we are not responsible for the accuracy of the information and it is not our intent, nor do we have the resources, to update this resource.

Other Online Resources

For other helpful online information about financial resources and informational resources on early detection, treatment, clinical trials, and complementary therapies, please click here: Other Resources.

Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) provides a Spanish/English bilingual, toll-free, national Telephone Assistance Line (866-THE-CLRC), educational seminars, clinics, information on cancer-related public policy issues and legislation, and conferences on cancer-related legal issues to survivors, caregivers, and health care providers in California.

National LGBT Cancer Network works to address the needs of all LGBT with cancer and those at risk.

Healthy San Francisco is a program designed to make health care services accessible and affordable to uninsured San Francisco residents.

Breast Cancer Trials is a free, nonprofit, clinical trial matching service that can help you quickly and easily find breast cancer trials that might be right for you.  BCT.org has easy-to-read trial summaries and a secure message service for contacting participating research sites. You also can sign up for their trial alert service to learn about newly added trials that match your health history.