Breast Care


Pink Ribbon Action: Caring for Women’s Health

Since 2008, we at the Art Saving Life Foundation have been dedicated to helping breast cancer patients recover through art therapy programs, promoting active and healthy lifestyles, and funding research and educational institutions. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, also known as “Pink October”, and is known for the “Pink […]


Art Therapy Resources

Canadian Art Therapist Association (CATA) / Find an Art Therapist (paid) https://www.canadianarttherapy.org/art-therapist-directory Expression LaSalle/ Book Group or Individual Art Therapy Sessions (paid) https://www.expressionlasalletherapies.ca/our-therapies/art-therapy/ Montreal Art Therapy (paid) http://www.montrealarttherapy.com/ Toronto Art Therapy Clinic (free individual art therapy sessions run by students in training) https://tati.on.ca/tati-online-art-therapy/ AMI- Quebec Action on Mental Illness – […]


What is Art Therapy?

Art Therapy combines the creative process and psychotherapy, facilitating self-exploration and understanding. Using imagery, color, and shape as part of this creative therapeutic process, thoughts and feelings may be expressed that would otherwise be difficult to articulate.


What exactly is a clinical trial? Should I participate in one?

Clinical trials are studies that help evaluate a new treatment. Clinical trials attempt to answer scientific questions and to find new and better ways to help cancer patients. An institutional review board (IRB) carefully reviews the study before patients begin participation in the clinical trial. Also, some studies are reviewed […]


How do I decide which treatment option is best for me?

Speak with your physician about treatment options. Although there are four standard ways to treat breast cancer (surgery, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy and chemotherapy), several treatments may be combined. Your physician can recommend specific treatments depending on the type and location of the cancer, the stage at which it was […]