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In addition, the
cancer topics
section offers fact sheets and patient-oriented publications on a range of
topics.
A
dictionary of cancer
terms, prepared literature searches on specific
cancer topics,
and slide
show
tutorials about cancer-related
science concepts are also available.
NCI’s
Web site provides comprehensive information about clinical trials at
http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials
on the
Internet. Information is available about recent
advances
in cancer
research, what clinical trials are and how they work, and points to consider
when
deciding whether to participate in a clinical trial. A simple-to-use search
tool is available
for
those interested in finding trials for a specific type of
cancer, in a
certain geographic region,
or for a
particular type of treatment.
The NCI
NewsCenter Web page at http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/
on the Internet
provides
background information about many of the Institute’s programs and resources,
as well
as an
NCI News distribution list that allows individuals to receive NCI news
updates as soon as
they are
posted to the Cancer.gov
Web site. The Institute also offers the NCI
Cancer Bulletin
at
http://www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin
on the
Internet. The Bulletin provides useful and
authoritative news about
cancer research, including important NCI programs and
initiatives.
Up-to-date, accurate
cancer information is available to patients and their families,
the
public,
and health professionals through the NCI’s
Cancer
Information Service (CIS). The CIS,
a
national information and education network, also serves as a resource for
education and
outreach
to minority audiences and people with limited access to health care
information or
services. The CIS responds to calls in English and Spanish. The toll-free
telephone number for
the CIS
is 1–800–4–CANCER
(1–800–422–6237). Deaf and hard of hearing callers with TTY
equipment may call 1–800–332–8615. Hours of operation are Monday through
Friday, 9:00 a.m.
to 4:30
p.m. local time. The CIS Web site provides background information on the CIS
and links
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to NCI
resources and other
cancer-related Government Web sites. The CIS Web site is located
at
http://www.cancer.gov/cis
on the Internet.
The NCI
also offers additional Web sites and services, described below, that are
accessible directly or through NCI’s main Web site at http://www.cancer.gov
on the Internet.
• The
NCI’s Publications Locator Web site can be used to order or view
publications online at
http://www.cancer.gov/publications.
NCI materials may be identified by topic or searched
by
keyword, type of cancer,
subject, audience, and/or language. The site includes
instructions and Frequently Asked Questions. Currently, only Internet users
within the
United States
can use the Publications Locator to order NCI publications.
• The
NCI’s LiveHelp service, which is available through the Help link on
the NCI’s Web site,
provides
Internet users with the ability to chat online with an information
specialist in
English.
The service is available Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Eastern
time.
Information specialists can help Internet users navigate NCI Web sites,
search for
clinical
trials, and find answers to questions about
cancer.
The National Library of Medicine
The
National Library of Medicine (NLM) is the world’s largest medical library.
The
NLM is
open to the public, and its databases can be used to search for journal
article references
and
abstracts (summaries of
articles) without charge or registration. The NLM’s databases can
be
accessed on the Internet and may also be available through some local
university, public, and
medical
libraries.
MEDLINE®, the NLM’s premier bibliographic database, contains over 12 million
references to articles
published since 1966. It is the computerized version of Index Medicus,
with
entries and references from more than 4,000 medical journals published
worldwide.
MEDLINE
covers all aspects of the life sciences and medicine, including
complementary and
alternative medicine and toxicology (the biological effects of drugs and
other chemicals). By
searching MEDLINE, readers can find journal
articles about
specific topics (such as
cancer) and,
in many
cases, can retrieve abstracts of the
articles included
in the databases.
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