Cancer Facts

CANCER FACTS Index of NCI Fact Sheets

FS#	Fact Sheet Title
NCI		Top
1.1	Cancer Research Funding

1.1s	Financiamiento de la investigación de cáncer (Cancer Research Funding)

1.2	NCI-Designated Cancer Centers

1.2s	Programa de Centros Oncológicos del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (NCI-Designated Cancer Centers)

1.4	NCI's Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program

1.4s	Programa de Estudios Clínicos de Grupos Cooperativos del NCI (NCI's Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program)

1.9	National Cancer Institute Evaluation of Scientific Hypotheses

1.12	Donations to the National Cancer Institute

1.13s	Los beneficiarios de TRICARE pueden participar en los estudios clínicos de prevención y tratamiento de cáncer gracias a un acuerdo entre el Departamento de Defensa y el Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (TRICARE Beneficiaries Can Enter Clinical Trials for Cancer Prevention and Treatment Through a Department of Defense and National Cancer Institute Agreement)

1.20	Ordering National Cancer Institute Publications

1.20s	Pedido de publicaciones del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (Ordering National Cancer Institute Publications)

1.21	Care for Children and Adolescents with Cancer

1.21s	El tratamiento de niños y adolescentes con cáncer (Care for Children and Adolescents With Cancer)

1.22	Cancer Clinical Trials at the NIH Clinical Center

1.22s	Estudios clínicos que realiza el Centro para la Investigación del Cáncer del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer en el Centro Clínico de los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud (Clinical Trials Conducted by the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center)

1.23	The National Cancer Institute

1.23s	El Instituto Nacional del Cáncer de los Estados Unidos (The National Cancer Institute)

1.24	Drug Discovery at the National Cancer Institute: Fact Sheet

1.26	The Journal of the National Cancer Institute and Its Relation to NCI: Fact Sheet

Information Sources		Top
2.1	Cancer Information Sources

2.2	PDQ®: Questions and Answers

2.2s	PDQ®: preguntas y respuestas (PDQ®: Questions and Answers)

2.8	Cancer Fund-Raising Organizations

2.10	Evaluating Health Information on the Internet

2.11	Cancer Clinical Trials

2.11s	Estudios clínicos de cáncer (Cancer Clinical Trials)

2.12	Asian and Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Web Tool

2.13	Donating Tissue for Cancer Research: Biospecimens and Biorepositories

Risk Factors And Possible Causes		Top
3.4	Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and Cancer

3.8	Formaldehyde and Cancer Risk

3.11	No Excess Mortality Risk Found in Counties with Nuclear Facilities

3.13	Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk: Questions and Answers

3.13s	Las píldoras anticonceptivas y el riesgo de cáncer (Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk)

3.15	Fluoridated Water: Questions and Answers

3.17	Psychological Stress and Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.18	Hair Dyes and Cancer Risk

3.19	Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer

3.20	Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer

3.20s	Los virus del papiloma humano y el cáncer (Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer)

3.21	Asbestos Exposure and Cancer Risk

3.21s	Exposición al asbesto y el riesgo de cáncer (Asbesto Exposure and Cancer Risk)

3.25	Chemicals in Meat Cooked at High Temperatures and Cancer Risk

3.46	Magnetic Field Exposure and Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.52	Radon and Cancer

3.52s	Radón y cáncer (Radon and Cancer)

3.58	Cancer Clusters

3.62	BRCA1 and BRCA2: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing

3.66	Antiperspirants/Deodorants and Breast Cancer

3.66s	Antitranspirantes o desodorantes y el cáncer de seno (Antiperspirants/Deodorants and Breast Cancer)

3.69s	Cambios en el seno y el riesgo de desarrollar cáncer (Understanding Breast Changes)

3.70	Obesity and Cancer Risk

3.70s	Obesidad y cáncer: preguntas y respuestas (Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers)

3.72	Cell Phones and Cancer Risk

3.75	Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk

3.76	Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Cancer

3.76s	El uso de terapia de reemplazo hormonal en la menopausia y el cáncer (Menopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy Use and Cancer)

3.77	Reproductive History and Breast Cancer Risk

3.77s	Antecedentes de reproducción y el riesgo de cáncer de seno (Reproductive History and Breast Cancer Risk)

3.80	Agricultural Health Study

3.81	Aspartame and Cancer

3.82	Ataxia Telangiectasia: Fact Sheet

3.84	Helicobacter pylori and Cancer

3.84s	La bacteria Helicobacter pylori y el cáncer (Helicobacter pylori and Cancer)

3.87	Nasopharyngeal Radium Irradiation (NRI) and Cancer: Fact Sheet

3.93	Simian Virus 40 and Human Cancer

3.96	Acrylamide in Food and Cancer Risk

3.97	HIV Infection and Cancer Risk

3.97s	Infección por VIH y el riesgo de cáncer (HIV Infection and Cancer Risk)

3.98	Accidents at Nuclear Power Plants and Cancer Risk

3.98s	Accidentes en plantas nucleares de electricidad y el riesgo de cáncer (Accidents at Nuclear Power Plants and Cancer Risk)

3.99	Common Moles, Dysplastic Nevi, and Risk of Melanoma

Prevention		Top
4.18s	Estudios de prevencion de cancer de seno (Breast Cancer Prevention Studies)

4.21	Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines

4.21s	Vacunas contra los virus del papiloma humano (Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines)

4.22	Garlic and Cancer Prevention

4.23	Antioxidants and Cancer Prevention: Fact Sheet

4.24	Physical Activity and Cancer

4.25	Red Wine and Cancer Prevention: Fact Sheet

4.26	Statins and Cancer Prevention: Fact Sheet

4.27	Tea and Cancer Prevention: Strengths and Limits of the Evidence

4.28	Calcium and Cancer Prevention: Strengths and Limits of the Evidence

4.29	Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention: Strengths and Limits of the Evidence

4.30	COX-2 Inhibitors and Cancer

Detection/Diagnosis		Top
5.2	Computed Tomography (CT): Questions and Answers

5.6	Probability of Breast Cancer in American Women

5.9	Tumor Grade

5.9s	Grado de un tumor: preguntas y respuestas (Tumor Grade: Questions and Answers)

5.16	Pap Test

5.16s	La prueba de Papanicolaou (Pap Test)

5.18	Tumor Markers

5.18s	Marcadores de tumores (Tumor Markers)

5.23s	El cáncer temprano de próstata (Early Prostate Cancer)

5.27	Interpreting Laboratory Test Results

5.27s	Interpretación de resultados de pruebas de laboratorio (Interpreting Laboratory Test Results)

5.28	Mammograms

5.28s	Mamografías (Mammograms)

5.29	Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test

5.29s	Análisis del antígeno prostático específico (Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test)

5.31	Colorectal Cancer Screening

5.31s	Exámenes selectivos de detección de cáncer colorrectal (Colorectal Cancer Screening)

5.32	Cancer Staging

5.32s	Estadificación del cáncer (Cancer Staging)

5.33	Pathology Reports

5.38	Proteomics and Cancer

Cancer Site And Types		Top
6.2	Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers

6.2s	Cáncer inflamatorio de seno: preguntas y respuestas (Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers)

6.4	Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: Questions and Answers

6.7s	El cáncer (Cancer)

6.12	Soft Tissue Sarcomas

6.20	Metastatic Cancer

6.20s	Cáncer metastático (Metastatic Cancer)

6.26	Bone Cancer: Questions and Answers

6.26s	El cáncer de hueso (Cancer of the Bone)

6.28s	El cáncer de hígado: preguntas y respuestas (Cancer of the Liver: Questions and Answers)

6.33s	Cáncer ovárico: preguntas y respuestas (Questions and Answers about Cancer of the Ovary)

6.34s	El cáncer de testículo: preguntas y respuestas

6.37	Head and Neck Cancers

6.39	Paget Disease of the Nipple

6.40	Childhood Cancers

Cancer Therapy		Top
7.1	Radiation Therapy for Cancer

7.1s	Radioterapia para cáncer: prequntas y respuestas (Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers)

7.2	Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers

7.2s	Terapias biológicas del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas (Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers)

7.3	Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment

7.5	Preventive Mastectomy

7.7	Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer

7.8	Lasers in Cancer Treatment

7.16	Tamoxifen

7.16s	Tamoxifeno (Tamoxifen)

7.18	Gene Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers

7.20	Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

7.20s	Terapias adyuvantes y neoadyuvantes para el cáncer de seno (Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer)

7.34	Cryosurgery in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers

7.41	Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation

7.41s	El trasplante de médula ósea y el trasplante de células madre de sangre periférica: preguntas y respuestas (Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation)

7.42	Angiogenesis Inhibitors

7.44	Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

7.45	Herceptin® (Trastuzumab): Questions and Answers

7.45s	Herceptina® (trastuzumab)

7.46	Access to Investigational Drugs

7.47	How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer

7.47s	Cómo encontrar a un doctor o un establecimiento de tratamiento si usted tiene cáncer (How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer)

7.48	Follow-up Care After Cancer Treatment

7.48s	Cuidados de seguimiento después del tratamiento del cáncer (Follow-up Care After Cancer Treatment)

7.49	Targeted Cancer Therapies

7.49s	Terapias dirigidas contra el cáncer (Targeted Cancer Therapies)

7.56	Cancer Vaccines

7.56s	Vacunas contra el cáncer (Cancer Vaccines)

Rehabilitation		Top
8.1	National Organizations That Offer Cancer-Related Services

8.1s	Organizaciones nacionales que brindan servicios a las personas con cáncer y a sus familias (National Organizations That Offer Services to People With Cancer and Their Families)

8.2	Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics: Questions and Answers

8.2s	La interpretación de los pronósticos y las estadísticas del cáncer (Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics)

8.3	Resources for Financial Assistance for Patients and Their Families

8.3s	Ayuda económica para gastos relacionados con el cáncer (Financial Assistance and Other Resources for People With Cancer)

8.5	Home Care for Cancer Patients

8.5s	Atención en el hogar para pacientes con cáncer (Home Care for Cancer Patients)

8.6	Hospice

8.9	How To Find Resources in Your Own Community If You Have Cancer

8.9s	Cómo encontrar recursos en su comunidad si usted tiene cáncer (How To Find Resources in Your Own Community If You Have Cancer)

8.10s	El equipo de atencíon médica: el médico es sólo el principio (Your Health Care Team: Your Doctor Is Only the Beginning)

8.12	Advance Directives

8.15	End-of-Life Care: Questions and Answers

8.17	Palliative Care in Cancer

8.17s	Cuidados paliativos durante el cáncer (Palliative Care in Cancer)

Tobacco/Smoking Cessation		Top
10.15	Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer

10.16	Cigar Smoking and Cancer

10.17	“Light” Cigarettes and Cancer Risk

10.18	Secondhand Smoke and Cancer

10.19	Harms of Smoking and Health Benefits of Quitting

10.19s	Perjuicios por fumar tabaco y beneficios para la salud al dejar el hábito (Harms of Smoking and Health Benefits of Quitting)

10.20	Women and Smoking

10.22	How To Handle Withdrawal Symptoms and Triggers When You Decide To Quit Smoking

10.23	Where To Get Help When You Decide To Quit Smoking

Cancer Health Disparities		Top
11.1	Cancer Health Disparities

Cancer Advances in Focus		Top
12.1	Cancer Advances in Focus: Cancer

12.2	Cancer Advances in Focus: Breast Cancer

12.4	Cancer Advances in Focus: Cervical Cancer

12.6	Cancer Advances in Focus: Colorectal Cancer

12.7	Cancer Advances in Focus: Prostate Cancer

12.8	Cancer Advances in Focus: Brain and Other Central Nervous System Cancers

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