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National Cancer Institute Publications

NCI provides publications about cancer, including the booklets and fact sheets mentioned in this booklet. Many are available in both English and Spanish.

You may order these publications by telephone, on the Internet, or by mail. You may also read them online and print your own copy.

By telephone: People in the United States and its territories may order these and other NCI publications by calling the NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER.
On the Internet: Many NCI publications may be viewed, downloaded, and ordered from http://www.cancer.gov/publications on the Internet. People in the United States and its territories may use this Web site to order printed copies. This Web site also explains how people outside the United States can mail or fax their requests for NCI booklets.
By mail: NCI publications may be ordered by writing to the address below:

Publications Ordering Service
National Cancer Institute
P.O. Box 24128
Baltimore, MD 21227

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)
National Organizations That Offer Services to People With Cancer and Their Families ³ (also in Spanish)

Diagnosis

Tumor Grade ⁴

Cancer Treatment and Supportive Care

Radiation Therapy and You ⁵ (also in Spanish)
Understanding Radiation Therapy: What To Know About External Beam Radiation Therapy ⁶ (also in Spanish)
Understanding Radiation Therapy: What To Know About Brachytherapy (A Type of Internal Radiation Therapy) ⁷ (also in Spanish)
Chemotherapy and You ⁸ (also in Spanish)
Eating Hints for Cancer Patients ⁹ (also in Spanish)
Pain Control ¹⁰ (also in Spanish)

Coping With Cancer

Life After Cancer Treatment

Advanced or Recurrent Cancer

Complementary Medicine

Caregivers

Caring for the Caregiver: Support for Cancer Caregivers ²³

Possible Risk Factors

Cellular Telephone Use and Cancer Risk ²⁴

Magnetic Field Exposure and Cancer ²⁵

Secondhand Smoke ²⁶

Table of Links

¹ http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/Taking-Part-in-Cancer-Treatment-Research-S
tudies

² http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/doctor-facility

³ https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/factsheet/FactsheetSearch.aspx?FSType=8.1

⁴ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/tumor-grade

⁵ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/radiation-therapy-and-you

⁶ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/ebrt

⁷ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/brachytherapy

⁸ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you

⁹ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/eatinghints

¹⁰ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/paincontrol

¹¹ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/takingtime

¹² http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/fatigue

¹³ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/life-after-treatment

¹⁴ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/followup

¹⁵ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/make-a-difference

¹⁶ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/advancedcancer

¹⁷ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Cancer-Returns

¹⁸ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/thinking-about-CAM

¹⁹ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM

²⁰ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/when-someone-you-love-is-treated

²¹ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Advanced-Cancer

²² http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/Facing-Forward-When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Com
pleted-Cancer-Treatment

²³ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/caring-for-the-caregiver

²⁴ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones

²⁵ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/magnetic-fields

²⁶ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/ETS