You may want more information for yourself, your family, and your doctor. The following National Cancer Institute (NCI) services are available to help you.

Telephone

Cancer Information Service (CIS)

Provides accurate, up-to-date information on cancer to patients and their families, health professionals, and the general public. Information specialists translate the latest scientific information into understandable language and respond in English, Spanish, or on TTY equipment.

Toll-free: 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
TTY: 1-800-332-8615

Internet

Cancer.gov

NCI's Web site provides comprehensive information about cancer causes and prevention, screening and diagnosis, treatment and survivorship; clinical trials; statistics; funding and training; and the Institute's programs and research activities.

American Dietetic Association (ADA)

The ADA is a professional society of registered dietitians and other professionals working in food- and nutrition-related fields. For a referral to a registered dietitian in your area and to listen to recorded food and nutrition messages, call the ADA's consumer nutrition hotline at 1-800-366-1655. Or, visit the ADA's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.eatright.org.

PUBLICATIONS

Cancer patients, their families and friends, and others may find the following National Cancer Institute books useful. They are available free of charge by calling 1-800-4-CANCER.

• "Chemotherapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Treatment" (Order Spanish Version)
• "Eating Hints for Cancer Patients Before, During, and After Treatment" (Order Spanish Version)
• "Get Relief From Cancer Pain"
• "Helping Yourself During Chemotherapy: 4 Steps for Patients"
• "Pain Control: A Guide for People with Cancer and Their Families" (Order Spanish Version)
• "Taking Time: Support for People With Cancer and the People Who Care About Them"
• "Taking Part in Clinical Trials: What Cancer Patients Need to Know" (Order Spanish Version)
• "If You Have Cancer: What You Should Know About Clinical Trials" (Order Spanish Version)

The National Cancer Institute and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have published several materials on healthy eating. You may find them helpful after your treatment is over. They include:

• Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans"
  U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• The Food Guide Pyramid_U.S. Department of Agriculture"
  To get a copy of either publication or other USDA nutrition publications, write to:
  U.S. Department of Agriculture
  Human Nutrition Information Service
  6505 Belcrest Road_Hyattsville, MD 20782

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a booklet called "The Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Preventing Food-Borne Illness," which contains useful information and tips on symptoms of food-borne illness, safe food storage, safe cooking and storing temperatures, safe food handling, and other topics related to preventing food-borne illness. Cancer patients and others with weakened immune systems need to be careful about food-borne illness, so this booklet may be especially helpful. To get up to 10 free copies write the FDA Office of Consumer Affairs:

Food and Drug Administration
Office of Consumer Affairs
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 1685, HFE 88
Rockville, MD 20857

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