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What You Need To Know About™ Cancer - An Overview
    Posted: 10/04/2006
National Cancer Institute Publications

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Booklets About Cancer Treatment
Radiation Therapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment 1 (also available in Spanish: La radioterapia y usted: Una guía de autoayuda durante el tratamiento del cáncer)
Chemotherapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment 2 (also available in Spanish: La quimioterapia y usted: Una guía de autoayuda durante el tratamiento del cáncer)
Biological Therapy: Treatments That Use Your Immune System to Fight Cancer
Eating Hints for Cancer Patients: Before, During & After Treatment 3 (also available in Spanish: Consejos de alimentación para pacientes con cáncer: Antes, durante y después del tratamiento)
Understanding Cancer Pain 4 (also available in Spanish: El dolor relacionado con el cáncer 5)
Pain Control: A Guide for People with Cancer and Their Families 6 (also available in Spanish: Control del dolor: Guía para las personas con cáncer y sus familias)
Get Relief from Cancer Pain

Booklets About Living With Cancer
Advanced Cancer: Living Each Day 7
Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment 8 (also available in Spanish: Siga adelante: la vida después del tratamiento del cáncer 9)
Facing Forward Series: Ways You Can Make a Difference in Cancer 10
Taking Time: Support for People with Cancer and the People Who Care About Them 11
When Cancer Recurs: Meeting the Challenge 12

Booklets About Clinical Trials
Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies 13
Taking Part in Clinical Trials: Cancer Prevention Studies: What Participants Need To Know 14 (also available in Spanish: La participación en los estudios clínicos: estudios para la prevención del cáncer)

Booklet About Risk Factors
Cancer and the Environment 15

Fact Sheets About Treatment and Support
"Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers 16" (also available in Spanish: "La medicina complementaria y alternativa en el tratamiento del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas 17")
"Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers 18" (also available in Spanish: "Terapias biológicas: el uso del sistema inmune para tratar el cáncer 19")
"Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation: Questions and Answers 20"
"How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer 21" (also available in Spanish: "Cómo encontrar a un doctor o un establecimiento de tratamiento si usted tiene cáncer 22")
"Follow-up Care: Questions and Answers 23"
"Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics 24" (also available in Spanish: "La interpretación de los pronósticos y las estadísticas del cáncer 25")
"Cancer Support Groups: Questions and Answers 26"
"National Organizations That Offer Services to People With Cancer and Their Families 27" (also available in Spanish: "Organizaciones nacionales que brindan servicios a las personas con cáncer y a sus familias 28")
"How To Find Resources in Your Own Community If You Have Cancer 29" (also available in Spanish: "Cómo encontrar recursos en su comunidad si usted tiene cáncer 30")

Fact Sheets About Lab Tests and Exams
"The Pap Test: Questions and Answers 31" (also available in Spanish: "La prueba de Papanicolaou: preguntas y respuestas 32")
"Screening Mammograms: Questions and Answers 33" (also available in Spanish: "Mamografías selectivas de detección: preguntas y respuestas 34")
"Colorectal Cancer Screening: Questions and Answers 35" (also available in Spanish: "Exámenes selectivos de detección de cáncer colorrectal: preguntas y respuestas 36")
"Interpreting Laboratory Test Results 37"
"The Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test: Questions and Answers 38" (also available in Spanish: "El análisis del antígeno prostático específico (PSA): preguntas y respuestas 39")
"Tumor Markers 40" (also available in Spanish: "Marcadores tumorales 41")

Fact Sheets About Smoking and Tobacco Use
"Environmental Tobacco Smoke 42"
"Cigarette Smoking and Cancer: Questions and Answers 43" (also available in Spanish: "Fumar cigarrillos y el cáncer: preguntas y respuestas 44")
"Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers 45"
"The Truth About 'Light' Cigarettes: Questions and Answers 46"
"Questions and Answers About Cigar Smoking and Cancer 47"

Fact Sheets About Hormones
"DES: Questions and Answers 48"
Fertility Drugs As a Risk Factor for Ovarian Cancer"
"Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk 49" (also available in Spanish: "Las píldoras anticonceptivas y el riesgo de cáncer 50")
"Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers 51"
"Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk 52"
"Pregnancy and Breast Cancer Risk 53"

Fact Sheets About Chemicals and Radiation
"Formaldehyde and Cancer: Questions and Answers 54"
"Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers 55"
"Radon and Cancer: Questions and Answers 56"
"No Excess Mortality Risk Found in Counties with Nuclear Facilities 57"

Fact Sheets About Viruses
"Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer: Questions and Answers 58" (also available in Spanish: "Los virus del papiloma humano y el cáncer: preguntas y respuestas 59")

Fact Sheets About Diet and Physical Activity
"Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers 60" (also available in Spanish: "Obesidad y cáncer: preguntas y respuestas 61")
"Questions and Answers: Physical Activity and Cancer 62"


Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/radiation-therapy-and-you
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/eatinghints
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understanding-cancer-pain
5http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/dolor-relacionado-con-cancer
6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/paincontrol
7http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/advancedcancer
8http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/life-after-treatment
9http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/vida-despues-del-tratamiento
10http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/make-a-difference
11http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/takingtime
12http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/when-cancer-recurs
13http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/Taking-Part-in-Cancer-Treatment-Research-S
tudies
14http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/resources/taking-part-prevention-trials
15http://www.cancer.gov/images/Documents/5d17e03e-b39f-4b40-a214-e9e9099c4220/Can
cer%20and%20the%20Environment.pdf
16http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM
17http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM-Spanish
18http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/biological
19http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/biological-spanish
20http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/bone-marrow-transplant
21http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/doctor-facility
22http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/doctor-facility-spanish
23http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/followup
24http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/support/prognosis-stats
25http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Rehabilitation/prognosis-stats-spa
nish
26http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/support/support-groups
27http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/support/organizations
28http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Rehabilitation/organizations-spani
sh
29http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Support/resources
30http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Rehabilitation/resources-spanish
31http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/Pap-test
32http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/Pap-test-spanish
33http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/screening-mammograms
34http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/screening-mammograms-spa
nish
35http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/colorectal-screening
36http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/colorectal-screening-spa
nish
37http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/laboratory-tests
38http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/PSA
39http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/PSA-spanish
40http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/tumor-markers
41http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/tumor-markers-spanish
42http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/ets
43http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cancer
44http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cancer-Spanish
45http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/smokeless
46http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/light-cigarettes
47http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cigars
48http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/DES
49http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/oral-contraceptives
50http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/oral-contraceptives-spanish
51http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/menopausalhormoneqa
52http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/abortion-miscarriage
53http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/pregnancy
54http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/formaldehyde
55http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/asbestos
56http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/radon
57http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/nuclear-facilities
58http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/HPV
59http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/HPV-spanish
60http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/obesity
61http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/obesity-spanish
62http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/physical-activity-qa