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The material and information contained within Breast Cancer Relief Foundation’s (BCRF) web-site is subject to change, without notice. No information found within this web-site is intended to be professional medical advice or assistance. The information received from a medical professional should be considered to be more up to date and more applicable to any patient. BCRF does not endorse, recommend, or promote any particular form of behavior or treatment contained within this website. Only a physician can recommend treatment to a patient.

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Privacy Policy
Breast Cancer Relief Foundation Respects Your Privacy. By visiting the www.breastcancerrelief.org, you agree to the practices outlined in this privacy policy. BCRF may automatically log your contact and personal information upon your providing this information to BCRF. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. This information will help BCRF to determine from what web site your visit originated, if any. Other information received from the browser will help BCRF to tailor your experience at www.breastcancerrelief.org in terms of the specific browser and version used, time and duration of visit, and monitor settings.

Personal Information Provided to BCRF by Web Site Users
Collected information might include: first and last name, street address, city, state, zip code, telephone number, fax number, and email address. For credit card transactions, standard credit card information including: card number, type of card, and expiration date is processed via a secure server. Records of all transactions are maintained in a secure database accessible only by authorized BCRF staff.

Use of Personal Information
BCRF may occasionally contact individuals, who provide personal information while visiting www.breastcancerrelief.org, in order to solicit feedback and/or to supply cancer related news and information. In some circumstances, your contact information may be made available to other organizations.

Opt-Out Policy
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Security
BCRF is committed to preventing unauthorized access and ensure that collected information is used correctly. In order to accomplish this, BCRF has put in place appropriate safeguards, including physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. Additionally, BCRF uses a secure server to process on-line contributions.

Acknowledgements
BCRF would like to acknowledge the National Cancer Institute - for their excellent work in developing educational materials and information to be used in the public domain, which were utilized in our website. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). We would like to cite the NCI as a very valuable resource of cancer information used in building the educational aspects of our website.

Know about the organization to which you are donating. Breast Cancer Relief Foundation is a project of the Cancer Center for Detection and Prevention, an independent 501(c)(3) organization. Breast Cancer Relief Foundation is not affiliated with any other group, including Breast Cancer Research Foundation, American Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Breast Cancer Recovery Foundation, American Cancer Society, and the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The Cancer Center for Detection and Prevention also operates as Breast Cancer Relief Foundation.


Every three minutes, an American is diagnosed with breast cancer.