Gynecologic Cancer

Patient Education

Taking Charge -- What You Need to Know About Breast and Ovarian Cancer

• What Is Breast Cancer?
  
• Who Gets Breast Cancer?
  
• Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
  
• Screening for Breast Cancer
  
• How Is Breast Cancer Diagnosed?
  
• Treatment for Breast Cancer
  
• What Is Ovarian Cancer?
  
• Who Gets Ovarian Cancer?
  
• Risk Factors for Ovarian Cancer
  
• Screening for Ovarian Cancer
  
• How Is Ovarian Cancer Diagnosed?
  
• Treatment for Ovarian Cancer
  
• Living With Cancer
  
• Diet, Lifestyle and Cancer
  
• Glossary of Terms
  
• The Obstetrics and Gynecology Research and Education Foundation

The Taking Charge booklet also is available in PDF, which may be easier to print:

	Introduction
	Breast Cancer
	Ovarian Cancer
	Entire Booklet

Cancer Information

More Women's Health Information

	Checklist: Questions to Ask Your Provider
	Create a Body Resume
	Healthy Lifestyles -- Healthy Outlook
	Living Without Violence
	Recommended Screening Guide for Healthy Women

Some of the documents on this page are in Portable Document Format (PDF). These documents can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free from Adobe's Web site.

Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated June 18, 2008