• NCI Publications Locator - An online system for finding, viewing, and ordering NCI reports, publications, and other materials. Items can be retrieved by searching the system by topic, audience, language, and other categories. A catalog of available items, updated daily, can be printed for off-line use.

• Cancer Information Service (CIS) - Provides the latest and most accurate cancer information to patients, their families, the public, and health professionals through a network of regional offices in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Pacific Islands; the CIS provides personalized, confidential responses to specific questions about cancer.

  • By telephone: U.S. residents may call the CIS toll free at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237). CIS information specialists answer calls Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time, in English or Spanish. Callers with TTY equipment may call 1-800-332-8615. Callers also have the option of listening to recorded information about cancer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
  • Online: CIS information specialists also offer online assistance in English Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time through the LiveHelp link on NCI's www.cancer.gov Web site.

• Tobacco Cessation Services - Managed by the CIS, provides assistance to smokers who want to quit:

  • By telephone: U.S residents may call NCI's Smoking Quitline toll free at 1-877-44U-QUIT between 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. local time. Information specialists are available to answer smoking-related questions in English or Spanish.
  • Online: Information specialists also offer online assistance to smokers in English Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time through the LiveHelp link on NCI's www.cancer.gov Web site and the Smokefree.gov Web site.

• Public Inquiries Office - Part of the CIS, the Public Inquiries Office:

  • Responds to telephone, written, and e-mail inquiries about NCI's programs and activities.
  • Prepares correspondence and other materials in response to inquiries referred from the NIH and DHHS.
  • Helps prepare fact sheets to respond to the information needs of patients and the public.
  • Contact Information:
    NCI Public Inquiries Office
    6116 Executive Blvd.
    Room 3036A, MSC 8322
    Bethesda, Md. 20892-8322
    (deliveries: Rockville, Md. 20852)
    301-435-3848
    301-402-0555 (fax)

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