The Maurer Foundation houses various materials in its resource center, including journals, magazines, health bulletins and newsletters, articles, videos, DVDs, books, visual aids and training materials available to our educators and the public. The Niki Gregory Resource engages a national clipping service that provides pertinent articles published throughout the US everyday. These articles are reviewed, selected and summarized to create a weekly email alert that is then sent out to members of the Maurer community. The NGRC continues to grow as its collection of resources increases and as it strives to deliver crucial information on breast health to staff, volunteers, board members, councils and the community.

Mission Statement:
The Niki Gregory Resource Center is committed to supporting The Maurer Foundation's mission of educating women of all ages about breast health. In keeping with this mission, the Resource Center seeks to identify, acquire, organize, preserve, provide access to and disseminate breast health information.

For additional educational services, resources, clinical, research and other information, please visit the following sites.

American Cancer Society (ACS)
800-ACS-2345 (800-227-2345); TTY 866-228-4327
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.html
The American Cancer Society is a nationwide community- based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.

American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR)
800-843-8114; 202-328-7744
http://www.aicr.org/
The American Institute for Cancer Research supports research into the role of diet and nutrition in the prevention and treatment of cancer. It also offers a wide range of cancer prevention education programs.

CancerCare
800-813-HOPE (800-813-4673); 212-712-8327
http://www.cancercare.org/
CancerCare is a national non-profit organization that provides free professional support services to anyone affected by cancer: people with cancer, caregivers, children, loved ones, and the bereaved.

Cancer Control PLANET
http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov/
The Cancer Control PLANET portal provides access to data and resources that can help planners, program staff, and researchers to design, implement and evaluate evidence-based cancer control programs. The PLANET portal provides links to comprehensive cancer control resources for public health professionals.

Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
800-99-CANCER (800-992-2623)
http://www.cancerresearch.org
The Cancer Research Institute supports leading-edge research in the science of cancer immunology, which is based on the premise that the body's immune system can be mobilized against cancer.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
800-311-3435
http://www.cdc.gov
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves.

Friends for Life Foundation, Inc
631-462-1808

http://www.friendsforlifefoundation.org

The Friends For Life Foundation, based in Commack, NY, will provide an opportunity for breast cancer survivors to offer their knowledge, experience and optimism to those women currently undergoing treatment. Caregivers are also invited to participate. Residents Hillary and Michael Sweet, along with their friend Jeff Daniels, founded Friends for Life in memory of Daniels’ wife, Barbara, who died of a rare form of breast cancer on November 19, 2006. According to its mission statement, Friends for Life is a "group for breast cancer survivors and their caregivers to provide support and inspiration to each other. Together they will share their experiences and reach out to others within the community.”

National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC)
800-622-2838; 202-296-7477
http://www.natlbcc.org/
The National Breast Cancer Coalition is a grassroots advocacy effort in the fight against breast cancer. In 1991, the Coalition was formed with one mission - to eradicate breast cancer through action and advocacy. To achieve its mission, the National Breast Cancer Coalition focuses on three main goals: Research, Access and Influence.

National Institute of Health (NIH)
301-496-4000; TTY 301-402-9612
http://www.nih.gov
The National Institutes of Health, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research. NIH scientists investigate ways to prevent disease as well as the causes, treatments, and even cures for common and rare diseases.

PubMed: A Service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
http://www.pubmed.gov
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Breast Cancer Information
1-877-696-6775; 202-619-0257
http://www.hhs.gov/breastcancer/
This site is the product of a cross-agency initiative at HHS to compile the department's wealth of information on breast cancer into a single location that is easy for consumers to use. The site is aimed at patients, families, caregivers and survivors. This site is designed to help patients understand their disease and its treatment, and gives them tools to help deal with the challenges that the disease creates in their lives.

U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI)
800-4-CANCER (800-422-6237); TTY 800-332-8615
http://www.cancer.gov
The U.S. National Cancer Institute's Web site provides accurate, up-to-date information about many types of cancer, information about clinical trials, resources for people dealing with cancer, and information for researchers and health professionals.

Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
The 24-hour Y-ME National Breast Cancer Hotline is available to anyone with a breast cancer/breast health question or concern
800-221-2141 (English, with interpreters in 150 languages)
800-986-9505 (Spanish)
http://www.y-me.org
The mission of Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization is to ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone.

The Maurer Foundation (TMF) website provides hyperlinks to other organization's websites strictly and solely for the convenience of visitors to TMF's website. TMF offers no endorsement of information contained on any of the aforementioned external websites or of the operators of the sites themselves.

TMF is not responsible for the privacy practices of any external website(s) hyperlinked to the TMF website. Users are encouraged to read the privacy statements of any linked external websites collecting personal information.