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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)
Cancer Support Groups: Questions and Answers ³
National Organizations That Offer Services to People With Cancer and Their Families ⁴ (also in Spanish)

Cancer Treatment and Supportive Care

Chemotherapy and You ⁵ (also in Spanish)
Targeted Cancer Therapies: Questions and Answers ⁶
Biological Therapy: Treatments That Use Your Immune System to Fight Cancer ⁷
Radiation Therapy and You ⁸ (also in Spanish)
Understanding Radiation Therapy: What To Know About External Beam Radiation Therapy ⁹ (also in Spanish)
Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation: Questions and Answers ¹⁰ (also in Spanish)
Eating Hints for Cancer Patients ¹¹ (also in Spanish)
Pain Control ¹² (also in Spanish)

Coping With Cancer

Life After Cancer Treatment

Advanced or Recurrent Cancer

Complementary Medicine

Childhood Cancer

Young People with Cancer: A Handbook for Parents ²²
When Your Brother or Sister Has Cancer: A Guide for Teens ²³ (also in Spanish)

Caregivers

Caring for the Caregiver: Support for Cancer Caregivers ²⁷

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 http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/support/support-groups

⁴ https://cissecure.nci.nih.gov/factsheet/FactsheetSearch.aspx?FSType=8.1

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

⁶ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/targeted

⁷ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/biologicaltherapy

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

⁹ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/ebrt

¹⁰ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/bone-marrow-transplant

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

¹² http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/paincontrol

¹³ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/takingtime

¹⁴ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/women-fertility

¹⁵ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/followup

¹⁶ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/life-after-treatment

¹⁷ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/make-a-difference

¹⁸ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/advancedcancer

¹⁹ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Cancer-Returns

²⁰ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/thinking-about-CAM

²¹ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM

²² http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/youngpeople

²³ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Your-Sibling-Has-Cancer

²⁴ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/when-someone-you-love-is-treated

²⁵ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Advanced-Cancer

²⁶ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/Facing-Forward-When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Com
pleted-Cancer-Treatment

²⁷ http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/caring-for-the-caregiver