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    Posted: 10/04/2006



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Booklets About Cancer Treatment
Radiation Therapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment (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 (also available in Spanish: La quimioterapia y usted: Una guía de autoayuda durante el tratamiento del cáncer)
Helping Yourself During Chemotherapy: 4 Steps for Patients
Biological Therapy: Treatments That Use Your Immune System to Fight Cancer
Eating Hints for Cancer Patients: Before, During & After Treatment (also available in Spanish: Consejos de alimentación para pacientes con cáncer: Antes, durante y después del tratamiento)
Understanding Cancer Pain (also available in Spanish: El dolor relacionado con el cáncer)
Pain Control: A Guide for People with Cancer and Their Families (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
Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment (also available in Spanish: Siga adelante: la vida después del tratamiento del cáncer)
Facing Forward Series: Ways You Can Make a Difference in Cancer
Taking Time: Support for People with Cancer and the People Who Care About Them
When Cancer Recurs: Meeting the Challenge

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

Booklet About Risk Factors
Cancer and the Environment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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