Introduction
This National Cancer Institute (NCI) booklet (NIH Publication No. 05-2047) has important information about
cancer* of the cervix. Cancer of the cervix is also called cervical cancer. You
will read about causes, screening, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. You will
also find ideas about how to cope with the disease.
Scientists are studying cervical cancer to find out more about how it develops.
And they are looking at better ways to detect and treat it.
The NCI provides information about cancer, including the publications mentioned
in this booklet. You can order these materials by telephone or on the Internet.
You can also read them on the Internet and print your own copy.
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Telephone (1-800-4-CANCER): Information Specialists at NCI's Cancer Information
Service can answer your questions about cancer. They also can send NCI
booklets, fact sheets, and other materials.
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Internet (http://www.cancer.gov): You can use NCI's Web site to
find a wide range of up-to-date information. For example, you can find many NCI
booklets and fact sheets at http://www.cancer.gov/publications.
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.
You can ask questions online and get help right away from Information
Specialists through
LiveHelp. (Click on "Need Help?" at http://www.cancer.gov.
Then click on "Connect to LiveHelp.")
*Words that may be new to readers appear in italics. "Dictionary" explains these terms. Some words in the "Dictionary" have a "sounds-like" spelling to show how to pronounce them.
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