CANCER FACTS
Index of NCI Fact Sheets
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Title
PDF
Rev.Date
Abortion
Top
3.75
Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk
3/21/2003
Adjuvant Therapy
Top
7.16
Tamoxifen: Questions and Answers
5/13/2002
7.16s
Tamoxifeno: preguntas y respuestas
7.20
Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers
5/13/2002
7.20s
Terapia adyuvante para el cáncer de seno: preguntas y respuestas
7.45
Herceptin® (Trastuzumab): Questions and Answers
Advance Directives
Top
8.12
Advance Directives
3/7/2000
8.15
End-of-Life Care: Questions and Answers
10/30/2002
Alpha-Tocopherol
Top
4.13
Questions and Answers About Beta Carotene Chemoprevention Trials
6/27/1997
Alpha-Tocopherol; Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study (ATBC Study)
Top
4.13
Questions and Answers About Beta Carotene Chemoprevention Trials
6/27/1997
Alternative Methods of Cancer Therapy
Top
7.50
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers
7.50s
La medicina complementaria y alternativa en el tratamiento del cancer: preguntas y respuestas
10/7/2003
American College of Radiology
Top
5.2
Computed Tomography (CT): Questions and Answers
9/8/2003
Angiogenesis
Top
7.42
Angiogenesis Inhibitors in the Treatment of Cancer
Antineoplastons
Top
7.43
Antineoplastons
7/13/2001
Antiperspirants/Deodorants
Top
3.66
Antiperspirants/Deodorants and Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers
7/28/2004
Artificial Sweetener
Top
3.19
Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer: Questions and Answers
Asbestos
Top
3.21
Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers
7/10/2003
6.36
Mesothelioma: Questions and Answers
4/18/2001
Ashkenazi Jews
Top
3.62
Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2: It's Your Choice
2/6/2002
BRCA1 and BRCA2
Top
3.62
Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2: It's Your Choice
2/6/2002
Barbecuing
Top
3.25
Heterocyclic Amines in Cooked Meats
9/15/2004
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Top
5.29
The Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test: Questions and Answers
8/17/2004
5.29s
El análisis del antígeno prostático específico (PSA): preguntas y respuestas
Beta Carotene
Top
4.13
Questions and Answers About Beta Carotene Chemoprevention Trials
6/27/1997
Bethesda System
Top
5.16
The Pap Test: Questions and Answers
2/12/2003
5.16s
La prueba de Papanicolaou: preguntas y respuestas
Biological Therapy
Top
7.2
Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers
7.2s
Terapias biológicas del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
7.45
Herceptin® (Trastuzumab): Questions and Answers
Bladder Cancer
Top
10.14
Cigarette Smoking and Cancer: Questions and Answers
11/4/2004
3.19
Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer: Questions and Answers
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Top
3.70
Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers
3/16/2004
3.70s
Obesidad y cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
Bone Cancer
Top
6.26
Bone Cancer: Questions and Answers
1/20/1999
6.26s
El cáncer de hueso: preguntas y respuestas
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Top
7.41
Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation: Questions and Answers
8/31/2004
7.41s
El trasplante de médula ósea y el trasplante de células madre de sangre periférica: preguntas y respuestas
Brain Tumor
Top
10.18
Secondhand Smoke: Questions and Answers
3.19
Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer: Questions and Answers
3.46
Magnetic Field Exposure and Cancer: Questions and Answers
4/21/2005
Breast Biopsy
Top
5.14
Improving Methods for Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
6/12/2001
Breast Cancer
Top
4.22
Garlic and Cancer Prevention: Questions and Answers
Breast Cancer (Paget's Disease)
Top
6.39
Paget's Disease of the Nipple: Questions and Answers
6/27/2005
Breast Cancer Detection
Top
5.14
Improving Methods for Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
6/12/2001
5.28
Screening Mammograms: Questions and Answers
5/3/2002
5.28s
Mamografías selectivas de detección: preguntas y respuestas
Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT)
Top
4.18
Breast Cancer Prevention Studies
6/1/2005
Breast Cancer Research Programs
Top
5.14
Improving Methods for Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
6/12/2001
7.44
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Questions and Answers
4/27/2005
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Top
3.13
Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk
11/3/2003
3.13s
Las píldoras anticonceptivas y el riesgo de cáncer
3.4
DES: Questions and Answers
4/15/2003
3.62
Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2: It's Your Choice
2/6/2002
3.66
Antiperspirants/Deodorants and Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers
7/28/2004
3.69s
Cambios en el seno y el riesgo de desarrollar cáncer
3.70
Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers
3/16/2004
3.70s
Obesidad y cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
3.75
Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk
3/21/2003
3.76
Menopausal Hormone Use and Cancer: Questions and Answers
3.77
Pregnancy and Breast Cancer Risk
12/30/2003
4.18
Breast Cancer Prevention Studies
6/1/2005
5.28
Screening Mammograms: Questions and Answers
5/3/2002
5.28s
Mamografías selectivas de detección: preguntas y respuestas
5.6
Probability of Breast Cancer in American Women
4/15/2005
7.5
Preventive Mastectomy: Questions and Answers
3/21/2005
Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene
Top
3.62
Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2: It's Your Choice
2/6/2002
Breast Cancer Therapy
Top
7.16
Tamoxifen: Questions and Answers
5/13/2002
7.16s
Tamoxifeno: preguntas y respuestas
7.20
Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers
5/13/2002
7.20s
Terapia adyuvante para el cáncer de seno: preguntas y respuestas
7.44
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Questions and Answers
4/27/2005
7.45
Herceptin® (Trastuzumab): Questions and Answers
7.5
Preventive Mastectomy: Questions and Answers
3/21/2005
Breast Cancer; Inflammatory
Top
6.2
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
6.2s
Cáncer inflamatorio de seno: preguntas y respuestas
Breast Examination
Top
5.28
Screening Mammograms: Questions and Answers
5/3/2002
5.28s
Mamografías selectivas de detección: preguntas y respuestas
Breast Reconstruction
Top
7.5
Preventive Mastectomy: Questions and Answers
3/21/2005
Breastfeeding
Top
3.77
Pregnancy and Breast Cancer Risk
12/30/2003
CA-125
Top
5.18
Tumor Markers: Questions and Answers
5.18s
Marcadores tumorales
Cachexia
Top
8.4
Marijuana Use in Supportive Care for Cancer Patients
12/12/2000
Cancer (General)
Top
6.40
National Cancer Institute Research on Childhood Cancers
4/22/2005
6.7
Cancer: Questions and Answers
6/6/2005
6.7s
El cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
Cancer Centers
Top
1.2
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program
7/19/2005
1.21
Care for Children and Adolescents with Cancer: Questions and Answers
11/10/2005
1.21s
El cuidado para niños y adolescentes con cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
1.2s
Programa de Centros Oncológicos del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer
2.11
Clinical Trials: Questions and Answers
7/3/2002
2.11s
Estudios clínicos: preguntas y respuestas
7.47
How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer
12/14/2004
7.47s
Cómo encontrar a un doctor o un establecimiento de tratamiento si usted tiene cáncer
Cancer Clusters
Top
3.58
Cancer Clusters
Cancer Information Service
Top
2.5
The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service: Questions and Answers
3/4/2005
2.5s
El Servicio de Información sobre el Cáncer del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
Cancer Information Sources
Top
1.23
The U.S. National Cancer Institute
3/4/2003
1.23s
El Instituto Nacional del Cáncer de Estados Unidos
2.1
Cancer Information Sources
5/24/2005
2.2
PDQ®: Questions and Answers
5/24/2005
2.2s
PDQ®: preguntas y respuestas
2.5
The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service: Questions and Answers
3/4/2005
2.5s
El Servicio de Información sobre el Cáncer del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
Cancer Treatment Programs
Top
1.2
The National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program
7/19/2005
1.21
Care for Children and Adolescents with Cancer: Questions and Answers
11/10/2005
1.21s
El cuidado para niños y adolescentes con cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
1.22
Cancer Clinical Trials at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center: Questions and Answers
1.22s
Estudios clínicos de cáncer en el Centro Clínico de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud: preguntas y respuestas
1.2s
Programa de Centros Oncológicos del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer
1.3
Community Clinical Oncology Program: Questions and Answers
12/31/2003
1.4
NCI's Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program
2/19/2003
7.47
How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer
12/14/2004
7.47s
Cómo encontrar a un doctor o un establecimiento de tratamiento si usted tiene cáncer
Cancer Trials Support Unit (CTSU)
Top
2.11
Clinical Trials: Questions and Answers
7/3/2002
2.11s
Estudios clínicos: preguntas y respuestas
Cancer Vaccines
Top
7.2
Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers
Cancer of Unknown Primary
Top
6.19
Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin
1/22/2004
Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)
Top
5.18s
Marcadores tumorales
Carcinogen
Top
3.58
Cancer Clusters
Carcinogenesis
Top
10.14
Cigarette Smoking and Cancer: Questions and Answers
11/4/2004
10.14s
Fumar cigarrillos y el cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
10.15
Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers
5/30/2003
10.16
Questions and Answers About Cigar Smoking and Cancer
3/7/2000
10.18
Secondhand Smoke: Questions and Answers
3.21
Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers
7/10/2003
3.25
Heterocyclic Amines in Cooked Meats
9/15/2004
3.46
Magnetic Field Exposure and Cancer: Questions and Answers
4/21/2005
3.58
Cancer Clusters
3.8
Formaldehyde and Cancer: Questions and Answers
7/30/2004
7.49
Targeted Cancer Therapies: Questions and Answers
Cellular Telephones
Top
3.72
Cellular Telephone Use and Cancer: Questions and Answers
9/13/2005
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Top
10.18
Secondhand Smoke: Questions and Answers
4.21
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines: Questions and Answers
Cervical Cancer
Top
3.13
Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk
11/3/2003
3.13s
Las píldoras anticonceptivas y el riesgo de cáncer
3.20
Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer: Questions and Answers
3.20s
Los virus del papiloma humano y el cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
3.4
DES: Questions and Answers
4/15/2003
4.21
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines: Questions and Answers
4.21s
Las vacunas contra los virus del papiloma humano: preguntas y respuestas
5.16
The Pap Test: Questions and Answers
2/12/2003
5.16s
La prueba de Papanicolaou: preguntas y respuestas
Charities
Top
2.8
Cancer Fund-Raising Organizations
12/22/2003
Chemicals
Top
10.15
Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers
5/30/2003
10.16
Questions and Answers About Cigar Smoking and Cancer
3/7/2000
3.8
Formaldehyde and Cancer: Questions and Answers
7/30/2004
Chemoprevention
Top
4.13
Questions and Answers About Beta Carotene Chemoprevention Trials
6/27/1997
4.18
Breast Cancer Prevention Studies
6/1/2005
4.20
Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT): Questions and Answers
6/13/2005
4.20s
Estudio del Selenio y la Vitamina E para Prevenir el Cáncer (SELECT): preguntas y respuestas
7.16
Tamoxifen: Questions and Answers
5/13/2002
7.16s
Tamoxifeno: preguntas y respuestas
Chemotherapy
Top
7.20
Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers
5/13/2002
7.20s
Terapia adyuvante para el cáncer de seno: preguntas y respuestas
7.3
Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers
8/12/2004
8.4
Marijuana Use in Supportive Care for Cancer Patients
12/12/2000
Children
Top
1.21
Care for Children and Adolescents with Cancer: Questions and Answers
11/10/2005
1.21s
El cuidado para niños y adolescentes con cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
10.18
Secondhand Smoke: Questions and Answers
3.46
Magnetic Field Exposure and Cancer: Questions and Answers
4/21/2005
6.40
National Cancer Institute Research on Childhood Cancers
4/22/2005
Clinical Trials
Top
1.13
TRICARE Beneficiaries Can Enter Clinical Trials for Cancer Prevention and Treatment Through a Department of Defense and National Cancer Institute Agreement
5/28/2003
1.17
The NCI/VA Agreement on Clinical Trials: Questions and Answers
8/9/2004
1.21
Care for Children and Adolescents with Cancer: Questions and Answers
11/10/2005
1.21s
El cuidado para niños y adolescentes con cáncer: preguntas y respuestas
1.22
Cancer Clinical Trials at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center: Questions and Answers
1.22s
Estudios clínicos de cáncer en el Centro Clínico de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud: preguntas y respuestas
1.3
Community Clinical Oncology Program: Questions and Answers
12/31/2003
1.4
NCI's Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program
2/19/2003
2.11
Clinical Trials: Questions and Answers
7/3/2002
2.11s
Estudios clínicos: preguntas y respuestas
2.2
PDQ®: Questions and Answers
5/24/2005
2.2s
PDQ®: preguntas y respuestas
3.76
Menopausal Hormone Use and Cancer: Questions and Answers
4.13
Questions and Answers About Beta Carotene Chemoprevention Trials
6/27/1997
4.18
Breast Cancer Prevention Studies
6/1/2005
4.20
Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT): Questions and Answers
6/13/2005
4.20s
Estudio del Selenio y la Vitamina E para Prevenir el Cáncer (SELECT): preguntas y respuestas
6.2
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
7.18
Gene Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers
3/3/2004
7.3
Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers
8/12/2004
7.41
Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation: Questions and Answers
8/31/2004
7.41s
El trasplante de médula ósea y el trasplante de células madre de sangre periférica: preguntas y respuestas
7.42
Angiogenesis Inhibitors in the Treatment of Cancer
7.43
Antineoplastons
7/13/2001
7.44
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Questions and Answers
4/27/2005
7.45
Herceptin® (Trastuzumab): Questions and Answers
7.46
Access to Investigational Drugs: Questions and Answers
11/19/2004
7.49
Targeted Cancer Therapies: Questions and Answers
8.14
More Choices in Cancer Care: Information for Beneficiaries on Medicare Coverage of Cancer Clinical Trials
6/21/2002
Colon Cancer
Top
3.76
Menopausal Hormone Use and Cancer: Questions and Answers
4.22
Garlic and Cancer Prevention: Questions and Answers
5.31
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Questions and Answers
6/9/2004
5.31s
Exámenes selectivos de detección de cáncer colorrectal: preguntas y respuestas
7.8
Lasers in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers
8/10/2004
Colonoscopy
Top
5.31
Colorectal Cancer Screening: Questions and Answers
6/9/2004
5.31s
Exámenes selectivos de detección de cáncer colorrectal: preguntas y respuestas
Colony-Stimulating Factors (CSFs)
Top
7.2
Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers
Community Clinical Oncology Program
Top
1.3
Community Clinical Oncology Program: Questions and Answers
12/31/2003
2.11
Clinical Trials: Questions and Answers
7/3/2002
2.11s
Estudios clínicos: preguntas y respuestas
Compassionate Use
Top
7.46
Access to Investigational Drugs: Questions and Answers