Canadian
Breast Cancer Patient Charter: Principles of Care Delivery for Breast Cancer
Patients in Canada
Read the Charter in English or French
*New* The newest edition to Willow’s Patient Education Series is Managing Your Cancer Care: A Self-Advocacy Guide for Breast Cancer Patients. This guide helps breast cancer patients navigate the complex health care system through practical skills and resources. It is also available in French: Prenez les choses en main: guide d'autonomisation pour les personnes atteintes d'un cancer du sein
*New* The Best Ever List - Information and Support Resources for Young Women with Breast Cancer
- a collaborative effort by young Canadian women, brought together by Willow, to identify the resources which they found most helpful during the days and months following their diagnosis
VerveGirl Cause minimag - Willow and partner Vervegirl Magazine are proud to announce the release of the first mini-magazine specially developed for teenage girls dealing with breast cancer within their families.
- This unique psychosocial tool will help inform teens, their families and
friends about the challenges associated with the disease.
Download this mini-magazine in English or French.
Getting Back on Track: Life After Treatment
- An information booklet for women with breast cancer who are making the transition to life after treatment.
- Produced by the University Health Network and funded by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, Ontario Chapter
Living: A Newsletter for People Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer
- launched by Willow in June 2000 as a tri-annual publication
- provides supportive and factual information about living with metastatic breast cancer both for those living with the disease and for their families and friends.
- In the Fall of 2006, Living was integrated into Willow's first newsletter--to request a copy, email info@willow.org or call toll-free 1-888-778-3100
Living with metastatic disease: an information brochure for women with breast cancer
- a bilingual brochure co-created by Willow and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada in 2004 providing a description of metastatic disease
- includes an overview of current treatment options as well as future treatment directions
- Une explication du cancer du sein métastatique, avec les options du traitement et les défis émotionnels.
Toward Kinder Care: Tracing Women’s Experience of Breast Cancer
- Released in February 2007 by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario Chapter along with its partners
- the final research report of Up Front: New Perspectives on Breast Cancer,
a first-of-its-kind exploratory inquiry into the experiences of Ontario women
diagnosed with breast cancer. To learn more, visit www.upfrontproject.ca.
