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Breast Cancer: Resources
Related Web Site: American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society has information on breast cancer and all other types of cancer. This link will take you to the organization’s web site.
Related Web Site: Susan G. Komen Foundation
The Susan G. Komen Foundation supports research and community-based outreach programs related to breast cancer. This link will take you to the web site.
Related Web Site: National Breast Cancer Foundation
The National Breast Cancer Foundation works to increase breast cancer awareness and to provide mammograms for those in need. This link will take you to its web site.
National Breast Cancer Foundation
Related Web Site: National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute is part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). This link will take you to the web site.
Related Web Site: Young Survival Coalition
This international nonprofit group is dedicated to the concerns and issues of young women with breast cancer. This link will take you to its web site.
Related Web Site: Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
This U.S. organization works to provide information, empowerment, and peer support for breast cancer patients. This link will take you to its web site. Or call the 24-hour hotline at 800-221-2141 (English and interpreters for 150 languages) or 800-986-9505 (Spanish).
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
Related Web Site: Intercultural Cancer Council
The Intercultural Cancer Council promotes cancer research, policies, programs, and partnerships in racial and ethnic minorities as well as medically underserved groups in the U.S. This link will take you to the web site.
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Breast Cancer Guide
VIVELLE-DOT (estradiol transdermal system) IS AVAILABLE BY PRESCRPTION ONLY.
INDICATION
Vivelle-Dot is used after menopause to: reduce moderate to severe hot flashes; treat moderate to severe dryness, itching and burning in or around the vagina; help reduce your chances of getting osteoporosis (thin weak bones); and treat certain conditions in which a young woman's ovaries do not produce enough estrogens naturally. Vivelle-Dot 0.025 mg/day is only used to prevent osteoporosis from menopause. If you use Vivelle-Dot only to treat your dryness, itching, and burning in and around your vagina or if you use Vivelle-Dot only to prevent osteoporosis from menopause, talk with your healthcare professional about whether a different treatment or medicine without estrogens might be better for you.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Estrogens increase the chances of getting cancer of the uterus (womb). Report any unusual vaginal bleeding right away while you are taking estrogens. Vaginal bleeding after menopause may be a warning sign of cancer of the uterus (womb).
Do not use estrogens with or without progestins to prevent heart disease, heart attacks, or strokes. Using estrogens with or without progestins may increase your chances of getting heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, and blood clots. Using estrogens with progestins may increase your risk of dementia (decline in memory and thinking skills).
Vivelle-Dot should not be used if you have unusual vaginal bleeding; currently have or have had certain cancers, including cancer of the breast or uterus; had a stroke or heart attack in the recent past (for example, in the past year); currently have or have had blood clots; currently have or have had liver problems; or think you may be, or know that you are, pregnant.
The most common side effects that may occur with Vivelle-Dot are headache, breast tenderness, and back pain.
You and your healthcare professional should talk regularly about whether you still need treatment with Vivelle-Dot.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see Full Prescribing Information for Vivelle-Dot.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and a new study reveals why a high number of women with the disease still prefer to have the entire breast surgically removed instead of just the tumor. It's not always because doctors recommend it.
