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For more information, call the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237); TTY at 1-800-332-8615. The call is free and a trained information specialist is available to answer your questions.

The National Cancer Institute has booklets and other materials for patients, health professionals, and the public. These publications discuss types of cancer, methods of cancer treatment, coping with cancer, and clinical trials. Some publications provide information on tests for cancer, cancer causes and prevention, cancer statistics, and NCI research activities. NCI materials on these and other topics may be ordered online from the NCI Publications Locator Service at http://publications.nci.nih.gov or by telephone from the Cancer Information Service toll free at 1-800-4-CANCER.

There are many other places where people can get materials and information about cancer treatment and services. Local hospitals may have information on local and regional agencies that offer information about finances, getting to and from treatment, receiving care at home, and dealing with problems associated with cancer treatment. A list of organizations and websites that offer information and services for cancer patients and their families is available on CancerNet at http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/cancerlinks.html.

If you are at high risk for a certain type of cancer, you may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. A clinical trial is a study to answer a scientific question, such as whether a certain drug or nutrient can prevent cancer or whether a method of finding cancer earlier can help people to live longer. It may also ask whether one treatment is better than another. Trials are based on past studies and what has been learned in the laboratory. Each trial answers certain scientific questions in order to find new and better ways to help cancer patients and those who are at risk for cancer. During clinical trials, information is collected about screening and prevention methods, new treatments, the risks involved with each, and how well they do or do not work. If a clinical trial shows that a new method is better than one currently being used, the new method may become "standard."

For more information from the National Cancer Institute, please write to this address:

National Cancer Institute
Office of Cancer Communications
31 Center Drive, MSC 2580
Bethesda, MD 20892-2580



		*Facts and Figures*
	▪ 1 out of 9 women in the U.S. will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. ▪ Breast cancer is the 2nd leading cause of death for all women and the leading cause of death in women ages 40-55. ▪ About 85% of women whose breast cancer is detected before it has spread to the axillary nodes will survive at least 5 years. ▪ Delay in diagnosis of breast cancer is the #1 basis for medical malpractice lawsuits in the U.S.

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