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Clinical Trials
Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies 1


Finding a Doctor, Support Groups, or Other Organizations
How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer 2 (also in Spanish:
Cómo encontrar a un doctor o un establecimiento de tratamiento si usted tiene cáncer 3)

Cancer Support Groups: Questions and Answers 4

National Organizations That Offer Services to People With Cancer and Their Families 5 (also in Spanish:
Organizaciones nacionales que brindan servicios a las personas con cáncer y a sus familias 6)


Cancer Treatment and Supportive Care
Chemotherapy and You 7 (also in Spanish: La quimioterapia y usted 8)

Targeted Cancer Therapies: Questions and Answers 9

Radiation Therapy and You 10 (also in Spanish: La radioterapia y usted 11)

Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation: Questions and Answers 12
(also in Spanish: El trasplante de médula ósea y el trasplante de células madre de sangre periférica 13)

Eating Hints for Cancer Patients 14 (also in Spanish:
Consejos de alimentación para pacientes con cáncer: Antes, durante y después del tratamiento 15)

Pain Control 16 (also in Spanish: Apoyo para las personas con cáncer: Control del dolor 17)


Coping With Cancer
Taking Time: Support for People with Cancer 18


Life After Cancer Treatment
Follow-up Care After Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers 19

Facing Forward: Life After Cancer Treatment 20 (also in Spanish: Siga adelante: la vida después del tratamiento del cáncer 21)

Facing Forward: Ways You Can Make a Difference in Cancer 22


Advanced or Recurrent Cancer
Coping With Advanced Cancer 23

When Cancer Returns 24


Complementary Medicine
Thinking about Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A guide for people with cancer 25

Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers 26
(also in Spanish: La medicina complementaria y alternativa en el tratamiento del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas 27)


Caregivers
When Someone You Love Is Being Treated for Cancer: Support for Caregivers 28

When Someone You Love Has Advanced Cancer: Support for Caregivers 29

Facing Forward: When Someone You Love Has Completed Cancer Treatment 30

Caring for the Caregiver: Support for Cancer Caregivers 31


Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/Taking-Part-in-Cancer-Treatment-Research-S
tudies
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/doctor-facility
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/doctor-facility-spanish
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/support/support-groups
5https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/factsheet/FactsheetSearch.aspx?FSType=8.1
6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/rehabilitation/organizations-spani
sh
7http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you
8http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/quimioterapia-y-usted
9http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/targeted
10http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/radiation-therapy-and-you
11http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/radioterapia-y-usted
12http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/bone-marrow-transplant
13http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/bone-marrow-transplant-Spa
nish
14http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/eatinghints
15https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/ncipubs/details.asp?pid=1069
16http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/paincontrol
17http://cancer.gov/espanol/control-del-dolor.pdf
18http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/takingtime
19http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/followup
20http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/life-after-treatment
21http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/vida-despues-del-tratamiento
22http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/make-a-difference
23http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/advancedcancer
24http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Cancer-Returns
25http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/thinking-about-CAM
26http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM
27http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM-Spanish
28http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/when-someone-you-love-is-treated
29http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Advanced-Cancer
30http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/Facing-Forward-When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Com
pleted-Cancer-Treatment
31http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/caring-for-the-caregiver