Cancer Health Disparties
Cancer affects people of all racial and ethnic groups. An estimated 555,500 Americans are expected to die of the disease in 2002.
While American Indian/Alaska Natives experience some of the lowest ra details...
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Cancer in Women of Color Monograph
Statistics are presented for both American Indian and Alaska Native women. A PDF containing more information is available. details...
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Cancer Information and Counseling Line
Established in 1981 by AMC Cancer Research Center, the Cancer Information and Counseling Line is a national toll-free telephone information line designed to help people with cancer and their families. details...
AMC Cancer Research Center & Foundation |
Cancer Information Service: Questions and Answers
Also available in: Spanish
A fact sheet about NCI's Cancer Information Service, a resource that provides the latest and most accurate cancer information to patients and facilies, the public, and health professionals. details...
Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Institute |
Cancer Information Sources
Information about cancer is available in libraries, on the Internet, and from many Government and private sector organizations. This fact sheet offers tips about where to begin. details...
Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Institute |
Cancer Legislative Database
State and Congressional legislation relating to cancer prevention and control -- CDC's searchable database of pending bills and enacted laws. This database does not contain a complete list of cancer-r details...
Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Cancer Liaison Program
This office is part of the Office of Special Health Issues, which was established to answer questions directed to FDA by patients, their friends and family members and patient advocates about therapie details...
Office of Special Health Issues, U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs
The Cancer Mortality Maps & Graph Web site provides interactive maps, graphs (which are accessible to the blind and visually impaired), text, tables and figures showing geographic patterns and time tr details...
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health |
Cancer of Unknown Primary Origin
When doctors cannot determine the location of the primary cancer site, they call the disease cancer of unknown primary origin (CUP). About 2 to 4 percent of all cancer patients have CUP.
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Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Institute |
Cancer Pain
Cancer-pain.org has been developed by ACOR (Association of Cancer Online Resources) with input and advice from patients, caregivers and an Advisory Board of health care professionals dedicated to prov details...
Association of Cancer Online Resources |