Educational Materials & Programs

Susan G. Komen for the Cure is a trusted source of breast health and breast cancer information. This section contains several of our downloadable educational materials such as our Special Population Workbooks and our Fast Facts. For a list of all of our educational materials, please visit our Promise Shop.

Specific Population Workbooks

Each workbook provides guidelines to assist organizations or individuals in developing cancer education print materials for African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latina, Lesbians and Women who Partner with Women and Native American women. To order any of our workbooks, please click here.

Facts for Life

Provides basic and easy-to-understand facts about breast cancer in downloadable PDF format. Topics range from early detection, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment to support. To order any of our fact sheets, please click here.

Monograph: Women’s Information Needs Assessment

The findings of a nationwide assessment of women’s needs about breast health and breast cancer information are reported in this monograph. The study includes women who had never cancer and breast cancer survivors, young women (20-39) and women of color (40+), and health care providers. Read the findings (PDF)

Breast Self-Awareness (BSA) Cards

Breast self-exam (BSE) is a tool that may help you learn what is normal for you. To place bulk orders of BSE cards, please visit our Promise Shop. To view our online BSE tool, please click here. To download and print BSE cards for various populations, please click here.

Questions to Ask the Doctor About Breast Cancer

The Questions to Ask the Doctor About Breast Cancer series includes 14 topic cards on a variety of breast cancer issues. Each card contains pertinent questions to discuss with your doctor regarding a specific breast cancer topic. These topic cards are a valuable tool for women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, who may be too overwhelmed to even know where to begin to start gathering information.

Additional cards are available in packages of 100 on a single topic or can be ordered as a complete set within our Promise Shop. These topic cards are also available in Spanish.