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information. It also provides information on cancer cluster resources, such as
publications; and information on investigations.
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colorectal cancer. It provides bibliographic citations and
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- National Center For
Health Statistics
- Office of Minority Health
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of Genomics and Disease Prevention (OGDP)
OGDP provides information about human genetic discoveries and how
they can be used to improve health and prevent disease
- Preventing Chronic Disease
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to provide a forum for public health researchers and practitioners to share study
results and practical experience. The mission of the journal is to address the
interface between applied prevention research and public health practice in chronic
disease.
- Public Health Emergency
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system that uses a variety of instructional media to meet the
training needs of the public health workforce nationwide.
- Tobacco
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- Department of Defense
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of Medicine (IOM)
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Fulfilling the Promise of Cancer Prevention and Early Detection
This IOM Report reviews the evidence that cancer incidence rates can be dramatically
reduced and outlines a national strategy to realize the promise of cancer prevention
and early detection.
- National
Cancer Policy Board
The National Cancer Policy Board was established in 1997 at the
Institute of Medicine and National Research Council to address
broad policy issues that affect cancer in the United States and to
recommend ways to advance the Nation's effort against cancer. The
board, consisting of 21 members drawn from outside the federal
government, includes health care consumers, providers, and
researchers in a variety of disciplines in the sciences and
humanities.
- Unequal
Treatment: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
This IOM report examines the extent of racial and ethnic
differences in the quality of health care received by patients,
not attributable to known factors such as access to care, ability
to pay, or insurance coverage.
- Medicare
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and other government, non-profit and health-related organizations.
MEDLINEplus gives you easy access to the medical research
literature, and provides a database of drug information and an
illustrated medical encyclopedia.
- National Cancer Institute
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Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Fact Book (PDF-269K)*
- Cancer
Centers Program
E-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and web sites of more than 50
sanctioned NCI Cancer Centers across the country.
- NCI's Cancer Information
- CancerInfoNet.org
- Cancer
Information Service
- Cancer Progress Report 2003 Update
- Cancer Research
Portfolio
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Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES)
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patients, health care professionals, advocates, and the general public about cancer
clinical trials.
- Geographic Information Systems
- Physician Data Query
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prevention, genetics, and supportive care, plus clinical trials.
- National Genome
Research Institute
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established in 1989 as the National Center for Human Genome Research.
Its mission is to head the Human
Genome Project for the National
Institutes of Health.
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Research Initiatives
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
one of 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health,
is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental
causes by understanding each of these elements and how they interrelate.
The NIEHS achieves its mission through multidisciplinary biomedical research programs,
prevention and intervention efforts, and communication strategies that
encompass training, education, technology transfer, and community
outreach.
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Health
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