You can make your words much more powerful by backing them up with research. Inform your decisions, questions and statements with evidence-based research studies and your advocacy can make a real difference in young women’s lives. Do your homework—it’s not always easy, but it is necessary!

Find the answers that you need with the links below:

• The Cochrane Library offers a unique source of reliable and up-to-date information on healthcare treatments. Published quarterly, it provides information and evidence to help ensure better healthcare decisions and offer support and understanding to patients.
• The National Cancer Institute offers a wealth of information on cancer, clinical trials, statistics and research.
• YSC's comprehensive list of research on young women and breast cancer highlights clinical trials that focus on or include the premenopausal-breast-cancer population.