Cancer Facts

CANCER FACTS Index of NCI Fact Sheets

FS#	Fact Sheet Title
NCI		Top
1.1	Cancer Research Funding

1.2	The National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program

1.2s	Programa de Centros Oncológicos del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer

1.4	NCI's Clinical Trials Cooperative Group Program

1.9	National Cancer Institute Evaluation of Scientific Hypotheses

1.11	Reproduction and Use of National Cancer Institute Materials

1.12	Donations to the National Cancer Institute

1.13	TRICARE Beneficiaries Can Enter Clinical Trials for Cancer Prevention and Treatment Through a Department of Defense and National Cancer Institute Agreement

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

1.17	The NCI/VA Agreement on Clinical Trials: Questions and Answers

1.20	Ordering National Cancer Institute Publications: Questions and Answers

1.20s	Pedido de publicaciones del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer: preguntas y respuestas

1.21	Care for Children and Adolescents with Cancer: Questions and Answers

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

1.23	The U.S. National Cancer Institute

1.23s	El Instituto Nacional del Cáncer de Estados Unidos

1.24	Drug Discovery at the National Cancer Institute: Fact Sheet

1.25	NCI's Patient Navigator Research Program: Fact Sheet

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

1.27	The NCI/FDA Proteomics Research Program, Its Research, and Diagnostic Tests by Private Industry (e.g., OvaCheck™): Fact Sheet

Information Sources		Top
2.1	Cancer Information Sources

2.2	PDQ®: Questions and Answers

2.2s	PDQ®: preguntas y respuestas

2.5	The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service: Questions and Answers

2.5s	El Servicio de Información sobre el Cáncer del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer: preguntas y respuestas

2.8	Cancer Fund-Raising Organizations

2.10	Evaluating Health Information on the Internet

2.11	Clinical Trials

2.11s	Estudios clínicos: preguntas y respuestas

2.12	Asian and Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Web Tool

Risk Factors And Possible Causes		Top
3.4	DES: Questions and Answers

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

3.13s	Las píldoras anticonceptivas y el riesgo de cáncer

3.15	Fluoridated Water: Questions and Answers

3.17	Psychological Stress and Cancer

3.19	Artificial Sweeteners and Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.20	Human Papillomaviruses and Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.20s	Los virus del papiloma humano y el cáncer

3.21	Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers

3.25	Heterocyclic Amines in Cooked Meats

3.26	Vasectomy and Cancer Risk

3.46	Magnetic Field Exposure and Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.52	Radon and Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.58	Cancer Clusters

3.62	BRCA1 and BRCA2: Cancer Risk and Genetic Testing

3.66	Antiperspirants/Deodorants and Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.66s	Antitranspirantes o desodorantes y el cáncer de seno: preguntas y respuestas

3.69s	Cambios en el seno y el riesgo de desarrollar cáncer

3.70	Obesity and Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.70s	Obesidad y cáncer: preguntas y respuestas

3.72	Cellular Telephone Use and Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.75	Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk

3.76	Menopausal Hormone Use and Cancer: Questions and Answers

3.76s	El uso de terapia de reemplazo hormonal en la menopausia y el cáncer

3.77	Pregnancy and Breast Cancer Risk

3.80	Agricultural Health Study

3.81	Aspartame and Cancer

3.82	Ataxia Telangiectasia: Fact Sheet

3.83	Benzene Causes Lowered Blood Cell Counts in Workers Exposed at Low Levels

3.84	H. pylori and Cancer: Fact Sheet

3.85	H. pylori and Pancreatic Cancer: Fact Sheet

3.86	I–131 and Radioactive Fallout

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

3.88	National Cancer Institute Brain Tumor Study in Adults: Fact Sheet

3.90	National Cancer Institute Breast Implant Study Fact Sheet

3.91	Recent Studies Regarding HPV and Cervical Cancer

3.92	Silicone Breast Implant Study and Breast Cancer Risk

3.93	Simian Virus 40 and Human Cancer

3.94	Study Shows Link Between Antibiotic Use and Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

3.95	Estimating Breast Cancer Risk

3.96	Acrylamide in Food and Cancer Risk

Prevention		Top
4.18	Breast Cancer Prevention Studies

4.18s	Estudios de prevencion de cancer de seno

4.20	Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT): Questions and Answers

4.21	Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines: Questions and Answers

4.21s	Las vacunas contra los virus del papiloma humano: preguntas y respuestas

4.22	Garlic and Cancer Prevention: Questions and Answers

4.23	Antioxidants and Cancer Prevention: Fact Sheet

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

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

5.6	Probability of Breast Cancer in American Women

5.9	Tumor Grade: Questions and Answers

5.9s	Grado de un tumor: preguntas y respuestas

5.14	Improving Methods for Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

5.16	The Pap Test: Questions and Answers

5.16s	La prueba de Papanicolaou: preguntas y respuestas

5.18	Tumor Markers: Questions and Answers

5.18s	Marcadores de tumores

5.23	Early Prostate Cancer: Questions and Answers

5.23s	Cáncer temprano de próstata: preguntas y respuestas

5.27	Interpreting Laboratory Test Results

5.27s	Interpretación de resultados de pruebas de laboratorio

5.28	Screening Mammograms: Questions and Answers

5.28s	Mamografías selectivas de detección: preguntas y respuestas

5.29	Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Test

5.29s	El análisis del antígeno prostático específico (PSA): preguntas y respuestas

5.31	Colorectal Cancer Screening

5.31s	Exámenes selectivos de detección de cáncer colorrectal: preguntas y respuestas

5.32	Staging: Questions and Answers

5.32s	Etapa del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas

5.33	Pathology Reports: Questions and Answers

5.36	Prostate Cancer Research From the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial

Cancer Site And Types		Top
6.1	Synovial Sarcoma: Questions and Answers

6.2	Inflammatory Breast Cancer

6.2s	Cáncer inflamatorio de seno: preguntas y respuestas

6.4	Waldenström Macroglobulinemia: Questions and Answers

6.7	Cancer: Questions and Answers

6.7s	El cáncer: preguntas y respuestas

6.11	Merkel Cell Cancer

6.12	Soft Tissue Sarcomas: Questions and Answers

6.19	Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin

6.20	Metastatic Cancer: Questions and Answers

6.20s	Cáncer metastático: preguntas y respuestas

6.26	Bone Cancer: Questions and Answers

6.26s	El cáncer de hueso: preguntas y respuestas

6.28s	El cáncer de hígado: preguntas y respuestas

6.33s	Cáncer ovárico: preguntas y respuestas

6.34	Testicular Cancer: Questions and Answers

6.34s	El cáncer de testículo: preguntas y respuestas

6.36	Mesothelioma: Questions and Answers

6.37	Head and Neck Cancer: Questions and Answers

6.39	Paget Disease of the Nipple: Questions and Answers

6.40	National Cancer Institute Research on Childhood Cancers

Cancer Therapy		Top
7.1	Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers

7.1s	Radioterapia para cáncer: preguntas y respuestas

7.2	Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers

7.2s	Terapias biológicas del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas

7.3	Hyperthermia in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers

7.5	Preventive Mastectomy: Questions and Answers

7.7	Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers

7.8	Lasers in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers

7.16	Tamoxifen: Questions and Answers

7.16s	Tamoxifeno: preguntas y respuestas

7.18	Gene Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers

7.20	Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

7.20s	Terapia adyuvante para el cáncer de seno: preguntas y respuestas

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

7.42	Angiogenesis Inhibitors Therapy

7.44	Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Questions and Answers

7.45	Herceptin® (Trastuzumab): Questions and Answers

7.46	Access to Investigational Drugs: Questions and Answers

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

7.48	Follow-up Care After Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers

7.49	Targeted Cancer Therapies

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

7.56	Cancer Vaccines

Rehabilitation		Top
8.1	National Organizations That Offer Services to People With Cancer and Their Families

8.1s	Organizaciones nacionales que brindan servicios a las personas con cáncer y a sus familias

8.2	Understanding Prognosis and Cancer Statistics

8.2s	La interpretación de los pronósticos y las estadísticas del cáncer

8.3	Financial Assistance and Other Resources for People With Cancer

8.3s	Ayuda económica para gastos relacionados con el cáncer

8.4	Marijuana Use in Supportive Care for Cancer Patients

8.5	Home Care for Cancer Patients

8.5s	Atención en el hogar para pacientes de cáncer

8.6	Hospice

8.6s	Cuidados paliativos

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

8.10s	El equipo de atención médica: el médico es sólo el principio

8.12	Advance Directives

8.14	More Choices in Cancer Care: Information for Beneficiaries on Medicare Coverage of Cancer Clinical Trials

8.15	End-of-Life Care: Questions and Answers

Tobacco/Smoking Cessation		Top
10.1	Quitting Tobacco: Handling Cravings…Without Smoking

10.2	Quitting Tobacco: Handling Irritability and Frustration…Without Smoking

10.3	Quitting Tobacco: Handling Stress…Without Smoking

10.4	Quitting Tobacco: Handling Anxiety…Without Smoking

10.5	Quitting Tobacco: Handling Depression…Without Smoking

10.6	Quitting Tobacco: Facing the Morning…Without Smoking

10.7	Quitting Tobacco: Facing Boredom...Without Smoking

10.8	Quitting Tobacco: Driving or Riding in a Car…Without Smoking

10.9	Quitting Tobacco: Being Around Other Smokers…Without Smoking

10.10	Quitting Tobacco: Enjoying Meals…Without Smoking

10.11	Quitting Tobacco: Enjoying Coffee and Tea…Without Smoking

10.12	Quitting Tobacco: Having a Drink…Without Smoking

10.13	Quitting Tobacco: Short-term and Long-term Health Benefits

10.14	Cigarette Smoking and Cancer: Questions and Answers

10.14s	Fumar cigarrillos y el cáncer: preguntas y respuestas

10.15	Smokeless Tobacco and Cancer: Questions and Answers

10.16	Questions and Answers About Cigar Smoking and Cancer

10.17	The Truth About “Light” Cigarettes: Questions and Answers

10.18	Secondhand Smoke: Questions and Answers

10.19	Questions and Answers About Smoking Cessation

10.19s	Preguntas y respuestas sobre dejar de fumar

10.20	Women and Smoking: Questions and Answers

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