National Cancer Institute Publications Catalog and Order Form

National Cancer Institute Publications Catalog and Order Form U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH * NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE Materials From the National Cancer Institute For Patients, Health Professionals, and the Public The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is part of the Federal Government. NCI's materials reflect the nation’s investment in improving the prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment for cancer. NCI provides the materials described in this catalog to give accurate and timely information to patients and their families; to health care providers and communicators; and to science writers, educators, and the interested public. The list of publications presently available from NCI is organized as follows: SPECIFIC CANCERS................................................................................................................................................................. 3 TREATMENT OPTIONS............................................................................................................................................................ 4 CLINICAL TRIALS................................................................................................................................................................... 5 COPING WITH CANCER........................................................................................................................................................... 7 TESTING FOR CANCER..........................................................................................................................................................11 RISK FACTORS/CAUSES, PREVENTION.................................................................................................................................. 12 NUTRITION........................................................................................................................................................................... 13 GENETICS............................................................................................................................................................................. 14 TOBACCO/SMOKING............................................................................................................................................................. 14 STATISTICS...........................................................................................................................................................................15 GENERAL............................................................................................................................................................................. 17 MATERIALS IN OTHER LANGUAGES..................................................................................................................................... 22 HOW TO PLACE AN ORDER................................................................................................................................................... 28 ORDER FORM........................................................................................................................................................................29 NCI Publications Catalog Last updated: 07-09-2008 2 SPECIFIC CANCERS Title Inventory Number Breast Cancer Progress Report: Addressing the Recommendations of the Breast Cancer Progress Review Group: Executive Summary Executive Summary of the first assessment of progress in addressing the research priorities identified in the 1998 report of the Breast Cancer Progress Review Group (PRG) titled Charting the Course: Priorities for Breast Cancer Research. 10/2004 Order Limit: 100 T993 Excess Cervical Cancer Mortality Compilation of recommendations from the more than 180 multidisciplinary experts who participated in the Cervical Cancer Mortality Project convened by NCI’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities. These recommendations explore the components of the cervical cancer problem, identify critical needs, and suggest actions to meet those needs. 06/2005 Order Limit: 25 T077 Pancreatic Cancer: An Agenda for Action: Report of the Pancreatic Cancer Progress Review Group, February 2001 http://planning.cancer.gov/pdfprgreports/2001pancreatic.pdf Describes NCI’s current activities in pancreatic cancer and discusses important research directions and activities needed to conquer pancreatic cancer. For those who want information about NCI’s research priority activities in this area. 2/2001 Order Limit: 5 T476 Prostate Cancer Progress Report: Addressing the Recommendations of the Prostate Cancer Progress Review Group: Executive Summary Executive Summary of the report that assesses progress in addressing the research priorities identified in the 1998 report of the Prostate Cancer Progress Review Group. 10/2004 Order Limit: 100 T009 Prostate Cancer Trends 1973-1995 http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/prostate/ Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program monograph that provides detailed information on the demographic and clinical features of prostate cancer in the United States. 9/1999 Order Limit: None T474 Report of the Brain Tumor Progress Review Group, November 2000 http://planning.cancer.gov/pdfprgreports/2000braintumor.pdf Describes NCI’s current activities in brain tumor research and discusses important research directions and activities needed to conquer brain tumors. For those who want information about NCI’s research priority activities in this area. 11/2000 Order Limit: 5 T491 Report of the Gynecologic Cancers Progress Review Group, November 2001 http://planning.cancer.gov/pdfprgreports/gynreport.pdf Describes NCI’s current activities in gynecologic cancer research and discusses important research directions and activities needed to conquer gynecologic cancer. For those who want information about NCI’s research priority activities in this area. 11/2001 Order Limit: 5 T533 Report of the Sarcoma Progress Review Group, A Roadmap for Sarcoma Research, January 2004 http://planning.cancer.gov/pdfprgreports/2004sarcoma.pdf Describes NCI’s current activities in sarcoma research and discusses important research directions and activities needed to conquer sarcomas. For those who want information about NCI’s research priority activities in this area. 1/2004 Order Limit: 25 T013 NCI Publications Catalog 3 Report of the Stomach/Esophageal Cancers Progress Review Group http://planning.cancer.gov/stomach/stomach_esophageal.pdf Describes NCI’s current activities in stomach and esophageal cancer research and discusses important research directions and activities needed to conquer stomach and esophageal cancers. For those who want information about NCI’s research priority activities in this area. 12/2002 Order Limit: 5 T916 What You Need To Know About Cancer series This series of pamphlets discusses symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, emotional issues, and questions to ask the doctor. Includes glossary of terms and other resources. Types of Cancer Bladder Brain Breast Cancer Cervix Colon & Rectum Esophagus Hodgkin Lymphoma Kidney Larynx Leukemia Liver Lung Melanoma Multiple Myeloma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Oral Cancers Ovary Pancreas Prostate Skin Stomach Thyroid Uterus Inventory Number P014 P016 P017 P018 P019 P020 P021 P022 P023 P024 P832 P429 P026 P027 P030 P031 P032 P033 P034 P035 P036 P037 P620 P039 Order Limit 100 10 100 100 10 200 None None None None 10 10 200 None 100 100 200 200 200 100 200 10 100 200 TREATMENT OPTIONS Title Inventory Number Biological Therapy: Treatments That Use Your Immune System To Fight Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/biologicaltherapy Describes biological therapy, a type of cancer treatment that works with the patient’s immune system. 1/2004 Order Limit: 200 P992 Chemotherapy and You: Support for People With Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/chemotherapy-and-you This book is for patients undergoing chemotherapy for cancer and is designed to be used with a patient educator. It includes a chart that helps determine side effects patients may expect and guides them to information about those specific side effects. Information focuses on how patients can manage their side effects, symptoms to watch out for, and communicating with the health care team. 05/2007 Order Limit: 100 P117 NCI Publications Catalog 4 Radiation Therapy and You: Support for People with Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/radiation-therapy-and-you This book is for patients undergoing radiation therapy for cancer and is designed to be used with a patient educator. It includes a chart that helps determine side effects patients may expect and guides them to information about those specific side effects. Information focuses on how patients can manage their side effects, symptoms to watch out for, and communicating with the health care team. 03/2007 Order Limit: 100 P123 Surgery Choices for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/breast-cancer-surgery-choices Describes surgeries to treat early-stage breast cancer. For women with this type of cancer. 8/2004 Order Limit: 200 P994 Thinking About Complementary & Alternative Medicine - A guide for people with cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/thinking-about-CAM An easy-to-read booklet that describes how to make informed choices when looking for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Provides an overview and examples of the six domains of CAM. 4/2005 Order Limit: None P042 Treatment Choices for Men with Early Stage Prostate Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/prostate-cancer-treatment-choices This booklet is to help newly-diagnosed men understand the treatment options available to them for prostate cancer found in the early stages (when cancer is confined to the prostate). It discusses the risks and benefits of surgery, radiation and watchful waiting and provides a comparison chart to give basic information about the three options. It discusses the importance of personal preference in weighing the risks and benefits of treatment and provides a list of questions to ask. 12/2005 Order Limit: 100 P070 Understanding Radiation Therapy: What To Know About Brachytherapy (A Type of Internal Radiation Therapy) http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/brachytherapy An easy-to-read fact sheet that helps radiation therapy patients understand brachytherapy, a type of internal radiation therapy. 4/2007 Order Limit: 200 F038 Understanding Radiation Therapy: What To Know About External Beam Radiation Therapy http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/ebrt An easy-to-read fact sheet that helps radiation therapy patients understand external beam radiation therapy. 4/2007 Order Limit: 200 F036 CLINICAL TRIALS CLINICAL TRIALS EDUCATION SERIES BOOKLETS Title Inventory Number Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/Taking-Part-in-Cancer-Treatment-Research-Studies This booklet defines cancer treatment clinical trials and how they work. It also discusses who can join a trial and what patients might expect if they participate. The booklet also includes information about patient protection and what to think about when deciding to participate in a cancer treatment clinical trial. 07/2007 Order Limit: 100 P105 If You Have Cancer and Have Medicare . . . You Should Know About Clinical Trials http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/resources/medicare-and-cancer-trials Provides general information about cancer clinical trials, Medicare coverage, and questions to ask before joining a clinical trial. For Medicare recipients who have cancer. Also available on the Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES) CD–ROM. 3/2002 Order Limit: 100 P112 NCI Publications Catalog 5 If You Want To Find Ways To Prevent Cancer, Learn About Prevention Clinical Trials http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/about-prevention-trials Easy-to-read brochure that explains the basics of cancer prevention trials. Also available on the Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES) CD–ROM. 5/2004 Order Limit: 200 P163 DISCUSSION GUIDES Title Inventory Number Trainer's Guide for Cancer Education http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/resources/trainers-guide-cancer-education Offers practical suggestions for trainers to enliven training programs, encourage more active participation, and enrich the learning experience for everyone involved. Includes worksheets to help both individuals and organizations plan training programs. For both lay people and health professionals who conduct group training sessions with community and scientific audiences. Complements the other materials in the Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series. 11/2001 Order Limit: 5 P935 Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES) CD http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/clinical-trials-education-series To educate cancer patients, health care professionals, and the general public about cancer clinical trials. Contains resources and slide programs for health care professionals and advocates to use with patients and community groups. 8/2004 Order Limit: 10 Q985 Cancer Clinical Trials: A Resource Guide for Outreach, Education, and Advocacy http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/resources/outreach-education-advocacy To help individuals and organizations find ways to participate and engage their community in clinical trials outreach and education activities. Includes worksheets and a Plan for Action to plan outreach efforts. Also available on the Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES) CD–ROM. 9/2002 Order Limit: 100 P921 Cancer Clinical Trials: The Basic Workbook http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/resources/basicworkbook Self-modulated resource. Each section is followed by an exercise or review questions. For individuals who want to develop a basic understanding of clinical trials. Also available on the Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES) CD–ROM. 9/2002 Order Limit: 100 P919 Cancer Clinical Trials: The In-Depth Program http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/resources/in-depth-program For health care professionals and others who seek a more in-depth understanding of clinical trials. Also available on the Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES) CD–ROM. 9/2002 Order Limit: 100 P920 VIDEO/DVD Title Inventory Number Understanding Cancer Clinical Trials - DVD An educational DVD that discusses types of clinical trials, how they are conducted, and factors to think about for people who are considering participation. Order Limit: 5 Q021 OTHER CLINICAL TRIALS MATERIALS Title Inventory Number Participation of Minorities and Women in Clinical Cancer Research: Annals of Epidemiology A supplement to the Annals of Epidemiology that summarizes an NCI workshop, held in July 1998 (Participation of Minorities and Women in Clinical Cancer Research), and a subsequent workshop held in February 1999. These workshops summarized and evaluated recent research activities in this area. For health care professionals. 11/2000 Order Limit: 3 T831 NCI Publications Catalog 6 Providing Your Tissue for Research: What You Need To Know http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/resources/providingtissue This three-page booklet is meant to complement the face-to-face education between clinicians and potential clinical trial participants. It provides a balanced discussion of questions and answers on how tissue specimens are collected and used in research. 12/2005 Order Limit: 200 P067 Vaccines for Breast, Colorectal, and Other Carcinomas To assist in recruiting patients for clinical trials currently being conducted by NCI to examine the use of vaccines to treat breast, colorectal, and other carcinomas. For physicians who treat these types of cancer. 12/2005 Order Limit: 20 P046 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet, C3PR This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. C3PR (the Cancer Central Clinical Participant Registry) is a Web-based application for managing clinical trial data across multiple cancer clinical trials. It is used to improve clinical trials activation and execution by providing an efficient, Web-based clinical trials information management system available for use by multiple cancer research centers, and can support large-scale, geographically dispersed studies. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F059 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet, Patient Study Calendar This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. The Patient Study Calendar is an open-source, standards-compliant software application that can be used by organizations that manage patients on clinical trials. It is a stand-alone, Web-based application providing the ability to create and edit study center templates, generate and view prospective calendars of patient activities, track activities as they occur, and manage patient calendars as they change during a study. The Patient Study Calendar accommodates epidemiological/population studies, observational studies, and interventional studies, and facilitates easy management of the screening process, registration, active monitoring, and long-term follow-up. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F017 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet, caAERS (Cancer Adverse Event Reporting System) This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. caAERS is an open-source software tool that is used to collect, process, and report adverse events that occur during clinical trials. This tool supports regulatory compliance and allows local collection, management, and querying of adverse event data, whether routine or serious. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F058 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet, caXchange (Clinical Data Exchange System) This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. caXchange is a configurable hub for exchanging clinical trial information between applications and systems. For instance, caXchange can be used to map and transfer laboratory data from non-standard clinical care systems into a standard format for receipt by clinical trials databases. caXchange also provides a “lab viewer” application that allows users to view and query laboratory data sent to the hub and select subsets of tests to be sent to a clinical trials database. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F014 COPING WITH CANCER Title Inventory Number Caring for the Caregiver: Support for Cancer Caregivers http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/caring-for-the-caregiver Caring for the Caregiver: Support for Cancer Caregivers is an easy-to-read booklet for caregivers of people who are being treated for cancer. It provides practical and supportive information to help the caregiver cope during this stressful time. It is a condensed version of the larger booklet, When Someone You Love Is Being Treated for Cancer, and is meant to address the needs of caregivers with lower reading levels, as well as caregivers under considerable duress who prefer to read information in short amounts. This booklet is written at the 4th-5th grade level. 06/2007 Order Limit: 100 P102 NCI Publications Catalog 7 Controlling Cancer Pain, A Video for Patients and Families A closed-captioned video that discusses why patients have pain, the ways pain can be treated, and what patients should do when they have pain. For cancer patients and their families. 9/2000 Order Limit: None V814 Coping with Advanced Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/advancedcancer This is a booklet for patients with end stage cancer. It discusses treatment options such as palliative care, clinical trials, hospice care and home care, as well as symptom control. It also addresses emotional concerns including feelings, communicating with friends and family, and living the rest of life to its fullest and with meaning. 08/2005 Order Limit: 100 P084 Eating Hints for Cancer Patients: Before, During and After Treatment http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/eatinghints Provides information and recipes to help patients meet their needs for good nutrition during treatment. 08/2006 Order Limit: 100 P118 Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Oncology (EPEC-O), The CD-ROM The Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Oncology (EPEC™-O), the CD-ROM is a comprehensive curriculum in palliative and end-of-life care in multimedia format developed specifically for clinicians caring for persons with cancer, and for teachers of these clinicians. It consists of a CD-ROM and companion DVD that contains 3 plenary sessions, 15 content modules, and 2 teaching skills modules with accompanying video vignettes and materials for trainers. Order Limit: 1 Q014 Facing Forward: Life After Cancer Treatment http://www.cancer.gov/CancerInformation/life-after-treatment Covers posttreatment issues such as follow-up medical care, physical and emotional changes, changes in social relationships, and workplace issues. To educate and empower cancer survivors as they face the challenges associated with life after cancer treatment. 07/2007 Order Limit: 100 P119 Facing Forward: Ways You Can Make A Difference In Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/make-a-difference Outlines how to become involved in, and the potential benefits of, activities that give back to one’s community. For cancer survivors and those who have cared for someone with cancer. 6/2002 Order Limit: None P012 Facing Forward: When Someone You Love Has Completed Cancer Treatment http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/Facing-Forward-When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Completed-Cancer-Treatment The focus of the booklet is to provide care givers with coping strategies to help them shift their focus from treatment to recovery. Discusses the transition to a "new normal," communication skills and feelings, ways to get support, helping with follow-up care, and the need for self-care. 09/2005 Order Limit: 100 P224 Get Relief From Cancer Pain http://www.ncipoet.org/promoGetRelief.cfm An easy-to-read brochure to inform patients that medicine and other treatments almost always can relieve cancer pain. The patient is encouraged to talk to his or her doctor or nurse as soon as cancer pain begins. 5/1994 Order Limit: None P602 Helping Providers Help Their Patients: Using the Radiation Therapy Fact Sheets http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/using An easy reference to the purpose and content of the radiation therapy fact sheets. Providers will gain tips on using the fact sheets effectively with patients and useful ordering information. 04/2007 Order Limit: 100 P098 Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What Men Can Do About Changes in Sexuality and Fertility Side Effects http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/men-fertility An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help men manage changes in sexuality and/or fertility, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. 4/2007 Order Limit: 200 8 F039 NCI Publications Catalog Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do About Changes When You Urinate http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/urination An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people manage changes when they urinate, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. 04/2007 Order Limit: 200 F043 Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do About Feeling Sick to Your Stomach and Throwing Up (Nausea and Vomiting) http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/nausea An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help manage nausea and vomiting, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. 04/2007 Order Limit: 200 F037 Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do About Hair Loss (Alopecia) http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/hairloss An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people deal with hair loss, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. 04/2007 Order Limit: 200 F005 Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do About Mild Skin Changes http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/skin An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people manage mild skin changes, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. 04/2007 Order Limit: 200 F041 Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do When You Feel Weak or Tired (Fatigue) http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/fatigue An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people deal with fatigue, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. 04/2007 Order Limit: 200 F004 Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do When You Have Loose Stools (Diarrhea) http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/diarrhea An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people manage diarrhea, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. 04/2007 Order Limit: 200 F035 Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do When Your Mouth or Throat Hurts http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/mouthandthroat An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help manage mouth or throat pain, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. 04/2007 Order Limit: 200 F042 Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What Women Can Do About Changes in Sexuality and Fertility Side Effects http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wtk/women-fertility An easy-to-read fact sheet for women receiving radiation therapy that includes information and tips to help manage changes in sexuality and fertility, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. 04/2007 Order Limit: 200 F040 Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (DVD) For women as they finish breast cancer treatment. Features stories of breast cancer survivors in various stages of life who share their concerns and perspectives to help other women know what to expect. Funded by an NCI grant to UCLA School of Public Health and The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. 23 minutes. 12/2005 Order Limit: 20 Q123 Moving Beyond Breast Cancer (video) For women as they finish breast cancer treatment. Features stories of breast cancer survivors in various stages of life who share their concerns and perspectives to help other women know what to expect. Funded by an NCI grant to UCLA School of Public Health and The Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. 23 minutes. 12/2005 Order Limit: 20 V013 NCI Publications Catalog 9 Pain Control: Support for People with Cancer http://cancer.gov/cancerinfo/paincontrol A booklet for cancer patients that addresses pain control medicines and methods, as well as the physical and emotional effects of pain. 01/2008 Order Limit: 100 P258 Pain Rating Instrument A scale to be used to describe the intensity of pain. For cancer patients and their families. 9/2000 Order Limit: None G818 Taking Time: Support for People With Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/takingtime A sensitively written booklet for people with cancer and their families that addresses the feelings and concerns of others in similar situations and how they coped. 12/2003 Order Limit: 100 P126 When Cancer Returns: Support for People With Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Cancer-Returns Booklet that outlines basic information regarding cancer recurrence, communicating with your health care team as well as your family and friends, managing side effects, and coping with emotional and psychosocial issues. 08/2005 Order Limit: 100 P129 When Someone You Love Has Advanced Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Advanced-Cancer/PDF This booklet is for the family and friends of cancer patients who have advanced cancer that is no longer responding to treatment. It explores many of the questions and crossroads that face caregivers when remission or recovery is no longer possible. 9/2005 Order Limit: 50 P226 When Someone You Love Is Being Treated for Cancer http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/when-someone-you-love-is-treated The focus of the booklet is to provide care givers with coping strategies to help them deal with the stress and anxiety associated with caring for cancer patients. Discusses communication skills, ways to get support, feelings, helping with medical care, and the need for self-care. 09/2005 Order Limit: 100 P225 When Your Brother or Sister Has Cancer: A Guide for Teens http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Your-Sibling-Has-Cancer/PDF Finding out a brother or sister has cancer is very difficult. This booklet describes how other teens dealt with this tough time. It shows ways teens can help themselves and their families, provides information about cancer treatments, ways to learn how to cope, as well as where to go for more support. 09/2005 Order Limit: 100 P222 When Your Parent Has Cancer: A Guide for Teens http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Your-Parent-Has-Cancer-Guide-for-Teens/PDF Read this booklet to hear how teens coped when they found out their mother or father had cancer. It provides information about cancer treatments, ways teens can talk to family and friends, how to connect with other teens and where to find other resources for information and support. 09/2005 Order Limit: 100 P223 You Can Manage Radiation Therapy Side Effects CD Listen to this CD to understand radiation therapy treatment, cope with side effects, and talk with your provider. Each track is 2-3 minutes long, with tips to help you manage side effects and feel better during treatment. Both new patients, and patients with limited literacy skills, will benefit from listening to this CD. Following an introduction, these specific topics are addressed: 1) Skin problems 2) Fatigue 3) Hair Loss 4) Mouth or Throat Pain 5) Nausea and Vomiting 6) Diarrhea 7) Sexuality and Fertility (Men) 8) Sexuality and Fertility (Women) 9) Urination Problems 10) Brachytherapy 11) External Beam Radiation Therapy Order Limit: 100 Q020 NCI Publications Catalog 10 Young People With Cancer: A Handbook for Parents http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/youngpeople Discusses the most common types of childhood cancer, treatments, and side effects as well as issues that may arise when a child is diagnosed with cancer. Offers medical information and practical tips gathered from parents. 1/2002 Order Limit: 50 P130 TESTING FOR CANCER Title Inventory Number Common Breast Changes: Things to Know http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/common-breast-changes Discusses finding breast changes and answers common questions about next steps in case of abnormal mammogram results. Provides a chart listing possible mammogram results and follow-up care. 8/2005 Order Limit: 100 P059 Every Woman Should Know about These 2 Tests http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/mujeres-pruebas-importantes A bilingual(English/Spanish) information card that provides information about Mammograms and Pap tests. Order Limit: None P115 Every Woman Should Know about These 2 Tests http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/every-woman-should-know-about-these-2-tests A bilingual(English/Vietnamese) information card that provides information about Mammograms and Pap tests. Order Limit: None P116 Making Choices: Screening for Thyroid Disease http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/i131/makingchoices A decisionmaking guide for individuals considering being screened for thyroid cancer based on their exposure to radioactive fallout from the Nevada nuclear weapons tests (1954–63). 9/2002 Order Limit: None P997 Mammograms Not Just Once But For A Lifetime http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/doc.aspx?viewid=946804B6-8B6F-4CD4-B692-ED7169EB73C9 A two-page, easy-to-read pamphlet that defines mammography, explains who needs this important examination, and describes the procedure. 9/1999 Order Limit: None P392 Mammograms Not Just Once But For A Lifetime (Asian bookmark) Features a picture of an Asian woman. Sent in packs of 20 and exempt from shipping and handling charges. Will not count toward the 20 free items per order. 10/1997 Order Limit: None Z301 Mammograms Not Just Once But For A Lifetime (Hispanic bookmark) Features a picture of a Hispanic woman. Exempt from shipping and handling charges. Will not count toward the 20 free items per order. 9/1997 Order Limit: None Z271 Mammograms Not Just Once But For A Lifetime (Native American bookmark) Features a picture of a Native American woman. Sent in packs of 20 and exempt from shipping and handling charges. Will not count toward the 20 free items per order. 9/1997 Order Limit: None Z375 Mammograms Not Just Once But For A Lifetime (black and white, reproducible version) A two-page, black and white, easy-to-read, easy-to-reproduce pamphlet that defines mammography, explains who needs this important examination, and describes the procedure. 8/1997 Order Limit: None P425 Mammograms Not Just Once But For A Lifetime (large print) A two-page, easy-to-read, large-print pamphlet that defines mammography, explains who needs this important examination, and describes the procedure. 9/1998 Order Limit: None NCI Publications Catalog 11 H496 Pap Tests: A Healthy Habit for You http://www.cancer.gov/PDF/6c05a929-cc2a-482e-b395-c2b1c9d50044/paptests-healthyhabit.pdf An easy-to-read color brochure that explains the importance of having a Pap test. Explains who should request one, how often it should be done, and where to get the test. 9/2003 Order Limit: None P747 Pap Tests: Things to Know http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pap-tests-things-to-know.pdf This brochure is easy-to-read and provides general information to women about the importance of routine Pap testing in preventing and detecting cervical cancer. Additionally, readers are provided with information on what to expect during screening, when to get a Pap test, information on HPV, how to pay for a Pap test, and information on contacting NCI. 09/2007 Order Limit: 100 P122 The Picture of Health: How To Increase Breast Cancer Screening In Your Community Presents the ideas and experiences of six breast cancer community demonstration programs, known collectively as the NCI Breast Cancer Screening Consortium and funded by NCI. 7/1994 Order Limit: 3 P389 Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for Women http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/understanding-breast-changes Contains information on common breast changes at various life stages, types of follow-up testing, and types of biopsies. Helps women understand their screening results and emphasizes that not all breast changes mean cancer. Includes an errata sheet. 09/2005 Order Limit: 100 P051 Understanding Cervical Changes: A Health Guide for Women http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/understandingcervicalchanges Discusses Pap testing, including HPV testing, interpreting abnormal test results and next steps, the importance of follow-up, and treatments for cell changes. Emphasizes that not all cervical changes mean cancer. 12/2004 Order Limit: 100 P295 RISK FACTORS/CAUSES, PREVENTION Title Inventory Number DES Research: Current Knowledge, Future Directions, Proceedings: July 19-20, 1999 Proceedings on a 2-day workshop on the long-term health effects of exposure to diethylstilbestrol (DES), held at the National Institutes of Health in July 1999. The workshop provided an update on research and a platform for discussion of current and future needs and recommendations for addressing those needs. 7/1999 Order Limit: 25 T504 Geographic Information System (GIS) for Breast Cancer Studies on Long Island http://epi.grants.cancer.gov/documents/LIBCSP/LI_GIS_Brochure.pdf Describes an enterprise geographic information system that is designed to study the potential relationships between environmental exposures and breast cancer on Long Island. It is designed for researchers studying breast cancer and other diseases. 8/2005 Order Limit: 20 T030 Get the Facts About I–131 Radiation Exposure http://www.cancer.gov/PDF/0d899149-e20f-4a26-83a0-0bead837d8bc/get_the_facts.pdf Discusses radioactive fallout from Nevada nuclear weapons testing (1954–63) and possible health risks, particularly thyroid cancer. 9/2002 Order Limit: None P999 Native Outreach: A Report to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities An Executive Summary Promotes cancer prevention and control at the community level. Documents findings from NCI’s Native American Prevention and Control Research Studies. 3/1999 Order Limit: 1 P007 NCI Publications Catalog 12 Native Outreach: A Report to American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities Includes research studies that employed a number of research designs and intervention approaches to address cancer prevention and control programs for Native Americans. Documents findings from NCI’s Native American Cancer Prevention and Control Research Studies. 3/1999 Order Limit: 1 M304 Understanding Prostate Changes: A Health Guide for Men http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/understanding-prostate-changes Discusses the spectrum of prostate conditions, both cancerous and noncancerous, that occur with age. Emphasizes that not all prostate changes mean prostate cancer and provides information about symptoms, treatment options, and tests to detect these conditions. 8/2004 Order Limit: 100 P611 NUTRITION Title Inventory Number Body & Soul Bookmark The Body & Soul bookmarks are for use by African American churches implementing the Body & Soul program. They feature information about the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 9/2007 Order Limit: 25 Z142 Body & Soul Cardboard Fan These fans promote the National Cancer Institute's Body and Soul program. Body and Soul is a wellnes program for African American churches that empowers church members to eat five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day for better health. Order Limit: 25 Z085 Body & Soul Peer Counselor Training DVD For the use with the Body & Soul: A Celebration of Healthy Eating and Living program guide. An easy-to-use interactive DVD that provides everything needed to establish a successful peer counseling program in a church. Peer counseling offers personal attention and support to church members who are interested in improving their health through healthy eating. 1/2005 Order Limit: 1 Q008 Body & Soul Posters This set of six posters promote the National Cancer Institute's Body and Soul program. Body and Soul is a wellnes program for African American churches that empowers church members to eat five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day for better health. Order Limit: 1 Z037 Body & Soul: A Celebration of Healthy Eating and Living: A Guide for Your Church A wellness program for African American churches that empowers church members to eat five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables every day for better health. Combines pastoral leadership, educational activities, a church environment that supports healthy eating, and peer counseling to encourage members to eat more fruits and vegetables. Explains how to run the program in the church. 05/2007 Order Limit: 3 P980 Body & Soul: Peer Counselor Coordinator Guide The Peer Counselor Coordinator Guide is designed to provide African American churches with the information needed to organize and conduct peer counseling as part of the Body & Soul program. Churches can use the Guide to recruit, organize, and train church members as peer counselors. 09/2006 Order Limit: 1 P086 Body & Soul: Peer Counselor Handbook The Peer Counselor Handbook is designed to be used by African American churches that are implementing the Body & Soul program. It should be used in conjunction with the Body & Soul training DVD to prepare church members to be peer counselors and learn the skills necessary to be effective peer counselors. 09/2006 Order Limit: 5 P087 NCI Publications Catalog 13 Down Home Healthy Cooking: Recipes and tips for healthy cooking http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/down-home-healthy-cooking/ Provides recipes that are low-fat, high in fiber versions of traditional favorites of African American Recipes. 01/2008 Order Limit: 1 P886 Presenting Body & Soul Promotional DVD Promotional DVD includes a Video Presentation presenting Body & Soul, with a bonus video. Also includes printable materials, Body & Soul PowerPoint Presentation and Body & Soul Image Library. Provides background on the Body & Soul program; endorsements by the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, gospel artist and spokesperson Vickie Winans, and Body & Soul churches; with footage of churches implementing the program. The video is intended for use by national and community-based organizations who are promoting Body & Soul. Order Limit: 1 Q015 The Good News about Fruits & Vegetables This brochure for African American church members is about the benefits of eating more fruits and vegetables. It is written in plain language and explains the Federal recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption. The content has been tailored for church members participating in the Body & Soul program and provides culturally appropriate suggestions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption. 12/2007 Order Limit: 25 P085 GENETICS Title Inventory Number Cells, Genes, and Protein Machines Coloring Book This coloring book is for children in grades 1 to 3. It is a story that teaches children that a gene, when active, makes a specific protein in the cells of the human body. When every cell type carries a full set of genes, each different type uses only the subset needed for its specific function. 3/2002 Order Limit: 20 P988 Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk: It's Your Choice http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/Genetic-Testing-for-Breast-and-Ovarian-Cancer-Risk An overview of genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk. Describes testing and explains terms like family history, genes, and genetic testing. 8/2005 Order Limit: 5 P555 TOBACCO/SMOKING Title Inventory Number Clearing the Air: Quit Smoking Today http://www.smokefree.gov/pubs/clearing_the_air.pdf Describes tools that can help smokers stop smoking and the problems to expect when they quit. 9/2004 Order Limit: None P133 Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 13: Risks Associated With Smoking Cigarettes With Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine http://www.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/13/index.html Reviews evidence on the Federal Trade Commission’s methods for measuring tar and nicotine yields in cigarettes and the disease risks of machine-measured, low-tar cigarettes. 11/2001 Order Limit: 1 M914 Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 15: Those Who Continue To Smoke: Is Achieving Abstinence Harder and Do We Need To Change Our Interventions? http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/15/index.html Describes a variety of approaches that will be necessary to help more smokers quit. Last in the series of Smoking and Tobacco Control Monographs begun in 1991. 4/2003 Order Limit: 3 M250 NCI Publications Catalog 14 Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 17: Evaluating ASSIST: A Blueprint for Understanding State-Level Tobacco Control http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/17/index.html Describes the evaluation of NCI’s ASSIST (American Stop Smoking Intervention Study for Cancer Prevention) program. It documents the effectiveness of ASSIST and also provides validation that comprehensive interventions can change the social environment of tobacco use and subsequently result in decreased tobacco use. 10/2006 Order Limit: 3 M002 Smoking and Tobacco Control Monograph 18: Greater Than the Sum: Systems Thinking in Tobacco Control http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/18/index.html The Initiative on the Study and Implementation of Systems (ISIS), sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, has supported an exploration of four elements of systems approaches to improving tobacco control: systems organizing, system dynamics, system networks, and systems knowledge. Beginning with the identification of key stakeholder groups—practitioners, leaders, advocates, and researchers—ISIS has worked to identify characteristics, apparent and subtle, that shape, and are shaped by, the characteristics of the interactions and networks both within and among stakeholder groups; the structure of the feedback loops involved in fostering synergy; and the role of learning as an integral feature of the systems at play. The lessons of that exploration are presented in this monograph as potential insights for the ways organization, management, adaptation, and learning might be enhanced for tobacco control and, by reflection, for work in other areas. 04/2007 Order Limit: 3 T071 Tobacco Effects in the Mouth A guide to help health providers recognize oral conditions attributable to tobacco use. The four-color guide illustrates specific oral conditions and details a systematic oral examination method. 11/2007 Order Limit: None P548 Women, Tobacco and Cancer: An Agenda for the 21st Century Executive Summary http://women.cancer.gov/reports/wtobacco-exec-sum.pdf This brochure provides the Executive Summary of the action plan developed by the Women, Tobacco and Cancer Working Group. The plan is designed to stimulate scientific research and translate knowledge into interventions to prevent tobacco-related cancers in women in the Unites States and other countries. 10/2005 Order Limit: 20 P985 STATISTICS Title Inventory Number Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-94 http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/new.html Includes more than 250 color-coded maps showing variations in cancer rates from 1970 to 1994 and compares them with corresponding maps for 1950–69. Uses mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics and population estimates from the Census Bureau. 9/1999 Order Limit: 1 T012 Methods for Measuring Cancer Disparities: A Review Using Data Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-Related Objectives http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/disparities/ Monograph provides an empirical analysis for methods appropriate for the measurement of cancer disparities. Several national and state level datasets that include information related to cancer data will provide analytic examples to inform discussion of and selection among various measures of health disparities for monitoring of Healthy People 2010 cancer-related health disparities. 12/2005 Order Limit: 3 T074 SURVEILLANCE, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND END RESULTS (SEER) Title Inventory Number Abstracting and Coding Guide for the Hematopoietic Diseases Informs how to abstract and code refractory anemias, polycythemia, and other hematopoietic diseases. For cancer data collectors (health professionals). 5/2002 Order Limit: None T007 NCI Publications Catalog 15 Area Socioeconomic Variations in U.S. Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Stage, Treatment, and Survival, 1975-1999 http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/ses/ Analyzes socioeconomic patterns in cancer incidence and outcomes in the United States. Data will be useful in furthering understanding of the relationship of socioeconomic status to the overall cancer burden as well as the magnitude and causes of current social inequalities in cancer. For health professionals. 8/2003 Order Limit: 1 T823 Cancer Epidemiology in Older Adolescents and Young Adults 15 to 29 Years of Age, Including SEER Incidence and Survival: 1975-2000 This monograph was developed to gather population-based incidence, mortality, and survival data specific to cancers that occur in adolescents and young adults, along with epidemiological data and risk factors for the development of age-specific cancers. 6/2006 Order Limit: 1 M001 Cancer Incidence and Survival Among Children and Adolescents: United States SEER Program 1975-1995 A compendium of statistical trends and risk factors associated with childhood cancers. To aid researchers in the search for answers about these rare cancers. 9/1999 Order Limit: None T506 Cancer Incidence in Four Member Countries (Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, and Jordan) of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) Compared with US SEER Presents information about cancer incidence for populations in Cyprus, Egypt, Israel and Jordan for the period 1996-2001. It was developed by the Middle East Cancer Consortium that was established in 1996 and whose goal is to develop regional cooperation and lessen the burden of cancer in the Middle East. 03/2006 Order Limit: 3 P071 Definitions of Single and Subsequent Primaries for Hematologic Malignancies, V.102 Aids the registrar in determining single versus subsequent primaries. 9/2001 Order Limit: None T878 Historical Staging and Coding Manual 2007 on CD-ROM http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/ A collection 27 staging and coding manuals in PDF format, along with 8 additional tools for abstracting and coding. -Search by Title to view the manuals listed in alphabetical order. -Search by Timeline for a certain date that you would like to view all relative material effective on that date. Note: The date range begins January 1st of the first listed year and continues through December 31st of the second listed year (or in some cases within the same year). 03/2007 Order Limit: 1 Q017 New Malignancies Among Cancer Survivors: SEER Cancer Registries 1973-2000 http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/mpmono/MPMonograph_complete.pdf This monograph is the first to report on the risk of new malignancies in a large population of over 2 million cancer survivors, utilizing data from NCI's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program over the 27-year period 1973 to 2000. This report systematically examines the risks of subsequent cancers for more than 50 adult and 18 childhood tumors, with data presented by gender, age at diagnosis of the initial cancer, and time since diagnosis, as well as the initial treatment and histologic type of certain cancers. 09/2006 Order Limit: 20 T070 SEER Program Booklet: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program Details the history and goals of SEER, the incidence and survival data it covers, verification of that data by the NCI Quality Control Program, and SEER’s use of other data sources. 7/2000 Order Limit: None T633 SEER Program Brochure: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Details the history and goals of SEER, the incidence and survival data it covers, verification of that data by the NCI Quality Control Program, and SEER’s use of other data sources. Provides a tabular presentation of the total 1990 U.S. Census/SEER population coverage and racial diversity represented in the SEER database. 10/1993 Order Limit: 20 T184 NCI Publications Catalog 16 SEER Program: Instructional Manuals CD A collection of instructional manuals in PDF format with the ability to content search, take notes, and, where applicable, take tests. Publications on this CD–ROM include User Guide, SEER Book One, SEER Book Two, SEER Book Three, SEER Book Four, SEER Book Five, SEER Summary Staging Manual, SEER Summary Staging Manual 2000, SEER Book Seven, and SEER Book Eight. 04/2004 Order Limit: 1 Q004 SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program This publication describes the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program. SEER collects and publishes cancer incidence and survival data from population-based cancer registries covering about 26 percent of the U.S. population. 9/2005 Order Limit: 3 T033 SEER Survival Mongraph: Cancer Survival Among Adults: U.S. SEER Program, 1988-2001, Patient and Tumor Characteristics This Monograph examines cancer survival by patient and tumor characteristics for cancers diagnosed during the period 1988-2001. The analyses focus on cancer survival in adults aged 20 years and older, with the exception of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all ages), placenta (ages 15+), and Hodgkins lymphoma (ages 15+). 08/2007 Order Limit: 3 T098 Selected Comparisons of Measures of Health Disparities Using Databases Containing Data Relevant to Healthy People 2010 Cancer-related Goals Provides an empirical analysis for methods appropriate for the Measurement of Cancer Disparities. 09/2007 Order Limit: 1 T095 GENERAL Title Inventory Number CCR Connections Volume 2 Number 1 This is a research progress report that uses a magazine-format to highlight the accomplishments of the intramural scientists who work at the Center for Cancer Research. 07/2008 Order Limit: 20 T085 Cancer Information Service: Information Card (Servicio de información sobre el cáncer: tarjeta de información) A bilingual (English/Spanish) information card that lists the toll-free number and services provided by the Cancer Information Service. Exempt from shipping and handling charges. Tarjeta de información bilingüe (español/inglés) del Servicio de Información sobre el Cáncer, incluye un listado del número para llamadas sin cargo y servicios prestados por el Servicio de Información sobre el Cáncer. 2/2002 Order Limit: 500 Z575 Cancer Nanotechnology Describes NCI’s Nanotechnology Plan that will provide support for research and a new Nanotechnology Standardization Laboratory. Nanotechnology refers to the interactions of cellular and molecular components and engineered materials. These objects are usually smaller than 100 nanometers. 1/2004 Order Limit: 5 P885 Cancer Research Across Borders: Second Report 2001-2002 Annual report of the Ireland-Northern Ireland-NCI Cancer Consortium. The Consortium’s goal is to engage the cancer communities of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and the United States in enhancing the island of Ireland’s ability to conduct world-class cancer clinical research and to encourage collaboration between the governments of Ireland and Northern Ireland. 7/2003 Order Limit: None P987 NCI Publications Catalog 17 Center for Cancer Research: explore, discover, translate: Volume 1 http://ccr.nci.nih.gov/NCI_brochure_2005_links.pdf Provides an overview of the patient-focused translational research that is under way within the intramural program at the Center for Cancer Research (CCR). It showcases the benefits of CCR's unique infrastructure, enabling corridor collaborations and centers of excellence to form in pursuit of incremental progress against cancer. The booklet highlights noteworthy achievements in drug and technology development and in meeting public health challenges. Volume 1 10/2005 Order Limit: 10 P114 Center for Cancer Research: explore, discover, translate: Volume 2 Center for Cancer Research: Explore, Discover, Translate is a two-volume progress report of the National Cancer Institute's Center for Cancer Research (CCR). Target audiences include advocacy groups, media covering medical research, science educators, and potential post-doctoral scientists and clinical fellows. The booklet showcases CCR's cutting edge basic and translational research and highlights examples of its patient-focused pursuit of excellence in clinical research as well. The stories are chosen to illustrate the unique culture, vision, and values CCR researchers bring to the oncology research community. From development of a vaccine that prevents cervical cancer to technology that can sift genomic contents from a single cancer cell, commitment to progress against cancer unfolds. CCR's unique ability to shift focus, funds, talent, and technology as needed to achieve breakthroughs underscores each milestone. Volume 2 10/2006 Order Limit: None T069 Clear and Simple: Developing Effective Print Materials for Low Literate Readers http://cancer.gov/cancerinformation/clearandsimple A 61-page guide that outlines how to develop publications for those with limited literacy skills. 12/1994 Order Limit: 1 T936 Closing in on Cancer: Solving a 5000-Year-Old Mystery A 54-page book that traces the interwoven histories of science, medicine, and cancer, from ancient Egypt to the present. 9/1998 Order Limit: 5 P359 Fighting Cancer in Indian Country: The Yakama Nation and Pacific Northwest Tribes President's Cancer Panel Annual Report 2002 http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/YakamaBook.pdf The President’s Cancer Panel, a three-member advisory group that oversees the National Cancer Program, reports annually to the President of the U.S. on barriers to the program’s execution. “Facing Cancer in Indian Country: The Yakama Nation and Pacific Northwest Tribes", contains the findings and recommendations of the Panel after a two-day meeting in July 2002. The meeting was held at the invitation of a Yakama tribal elder on the reservation of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation in Washington State. The Panel’s then-chairman, Dr. Harold P. Freeman, heard from cancer survivors and caregivers from Yakama and several other northwest tribes. Other speakers included Native and non-Native health care and social services providers; officials of the Indian Health Service (IHS); community epidemiologists and researchers; and advocates. The report cites studies showing during the past 30 years Native American cancer incidence and mortality rates have been increasing, and that American Indian and Alaskan Native cancer survival rates are the lowest of any ethnic group. 12/2003 Order Limit: 5 P777 HINTS: Health Information National Trends Survey Describes the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), its respondents, how the data can be used, and how HINTS helps researchers, planners, and the public. 3/2005 Order Limit: 10 P058 Living Beyond Cancer: A European Dialogue Documents proceedings of the President’s Cancer Panel meeting held in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2003, and attended by cancer survivors, family caregivers, European cancer care professionals and researchers, and patient advocates. Describes issues related to access to cancer information and cancer care in nations with nationalized health systems, the continuing stigma of cancer in most European nations, and professional education needs. Includes a list of European health financing and delivery mechanisms with potential for application or adaptation in the U.S. health care system. Supplement to Living Beyond Cancer: Finding a New Balance. 5/2004 Order Limit: 5 P996 NCI Publications Catalog 18 Living Beyond Cancer: Finding a New Balance First report of the President’s Cancer Panel to take a life span approach to describing cancer survivorship issues, focusing particularly on the posttreatment period. Identifies issues common to people regardless of age at diagnosis and enumerates challenges specific to those diagnosed as children, adolescents and young adults, adults, and older adults. Drawn from testimony received at President’s Cancer Panel meetings conducted between May 2003 and January 2004, which included survivors, caregivers, health care providers, and advocates. 5/2004 Order Limit: 5 P986 Making Health Communication Programs Work: A Planner's Guide (CD) Also known as The Pink Book, presents key principles and steps in developing and evaluating health communication programs for the public, patients, and health professionals. Expands upon and replaces two earlier publications titled Pretesting in Health Communications and Making PSAs Work. Discusses specific steps in program development and includes examples of their use. Sources of additional information on each subject are included at the end of the chapters. 12/2002 Order Limit: 1 Q737 NCI CAM News Fall 2007 NCI CAM News, a biannual newsletter produced by the Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, includes highlights of NCI-sponsored CAM research, resources for researchers such as funding opportunities and grant writing workshops, upcoming meetings and lectures, as well as educational information on various CAM modalities for cancer. 11/2007 Order Limit: 1 P156 NCI CAM News, Vol. 3 Issue 1, Spring 2008 NCI CAM News, a biannual newsletter produced by the Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, includes highlights of NCI-sponsored CAM research, resources for researchers such as funding opportunities and grant writing workshops, upcoming meetings and lectures, as well as educational information on various CAM modalities for cancer. Order Limit: 1 P160 Palliative Care in the Region Represented by the Middle East Cancer Consortium: A Review and Comparataive Analysis This publication provides the first comprehensive review and comparative analysis of palliative care in MECC members Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Authority, and Turkey. The monograph describes palliative care services both across the region and within individual MECC members in terms of the numbers of patients, coverage, estimated workforce, patient capacity, services per million population, and type and range of services. Specific palliative care service data were collected throughout the year 2005. The review includes comparative population data and epidemiology. It describes the different health care systems, the funding of general and palliative care services, the availability of opioids, opioid-related legislation, as well as relevant education and training programs. 03/2008 Order Limit: 20 T112 Planning for Progress 2004 CD Includes NCI’s Fiscal Year 2005 “Bypass Budget” (The Nation’s Investment in Cancer Research), Disease-Specific Progress Review Group (PRG) Reports and Strategic Plans, NCI’s Facts and Figures (including NCI’s Fact Book for Fiscal Year 2003 and NCI Online with direct links to the NCI home page, NCI Cancer Bulletin, and the NCI Office of Science Planning and Assessment). Documents are in portable document format (PDF). 3/2004 Order Limit: 20 Q003 President’s Cancer Panel, Report of the Chairman, 1999: The National Cancer Program: Assessing the Past, Charting the Future http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/advisory/pcp/pcp99rpt/99report.htm Report submitted to the President to fulfill the requirements of the National Cancer Act. Reviews the history and evolution of the National Cancer Program and considers how the national effort against cancer should move forward to more rapidly reduce the burden of cancer. 5/2000 Order Limit: 3 P684 The Nation's Investment in Cancer Research: A Plan and Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2006 http://plan2006.cancer.gov/ Describes NCI’s research priorities and its requested budget for Fiscal Year 2006. For health care professionals and the interested public. 12/2004 Order Limit: 2 T015 NCI Publications Catalog 19 The Nation's Investment in Cancer Research: A Plan and Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2007 http://plan2007.cancer.gov/pdf/nci_2007_plan.pdf Describes NCI’s research priorities and its requested budget for Fiscal Year 2007. For health care professionals and the interested public. 10/2005 Order Limit: 100 T031 The Nation's Investment in Cancer Research: A Plan and Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2008 http://plan.cancer.gov/ Describes NCI’s research priorities and its requested budget for Fiscal Year 2008. For health care professionals and the interested public. 10/2006 Order Limit: 20 T062 The Nation's Investment in Cancer Research: A Plan and Budget for FY 2009 http://plan.cancer.gov This document is a professional judgment plan and budget that outlines what will be required for fiscal year 2009 to maximize moving the field of cancer research and development forward. It serves as a reference for priority setting, decision making and planning. 1/2008 Order Limit: 5000 T108 The Nation's Progress in Cancer Research: An Annual Report for 2003 http://www.cancer.gov/aboutnci/annualreport Highlights advances in cancer research that are moving the Nation toward the elimination of suffering and death due to cancer. 9/2004 Order Limit: None T434 The Nation's Progress in Cancer Research: Annual Report for 2004 http://www.cancer.gov/nci-annual-report.pdf Highlights advances in cancer research that are moving the Nation toward the elimination of suffering and death due to cancer. 3/2006 Order Limit: 20 T061 The caBIG™ Enterprise Support Network Overview Fact Sheet This fact sheet describes a collection of four new offerings: Service Providers, Knowledge Centers, Program Offices, and Enterprise Adopters. In addition to ongoing tool development, adoption, and workspace participation, these new programs will form a support network that will expedite and increase the integration of caBIG™ technology into scientific and clinical workflows at cancer and academic medical research centers and pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F061 The caBIG™ Pilot Phase Report, 2003–2007, Executive Summary The “caBIG™ Pilot Phase Report, 2003-2007: Executive Summary” is part of the National Cancer Institute’s overarching goal to connect the people, institutions, and data in the cancer community through caBIG™. This publication summarizes key findings contained in the 2007 report evaluating the three-year pilot phase of caBIG™ technology development, describes lessons learned, and includes plans for the deployment of caBIG™ technologies in laboratories and NCI-designated Cancer Centers throughout the country. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 P168 Using What Works: Adapting Evidence-Based Programs to Fit Your Needs CD Using What Works: Adapting Evidence-Based Programs to Fit Your Needs is a train-the-Trainer course. It is designed for health promoters and educators on the national, regional, State, and local levels. This course teaches users how to plan a health program using what are called evidence-based programs, also known as research-tested programs. The CD-ROM version contains the entire tutorial, as well as materials for the case study activities to demonstrate the adaption process. 4/2006 Order Limit: 3 Q013 Voices of a Broken System: Real People, Real Problems: President's Cancer Panel Report http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/ADVISORY/pcp/video-report.htm Summarizes the results of the town meetings held throughout the United States during 2000 to learn about cancer care problems faced by cancer patients. Presents the President’s Cancer Panel’s recommendations for addressing these problems. 10/2001 Order Limit: 3 P993 NCI Publications Catalog 20 Voices of a Broken System: Real People, Real Problems: President's Cancer Panel Report (CD) http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/ADVISORY/pcp/video-report.htm Contains the report of the President’s Cancer Panel summarizing the results of the town meetings held throughout the United States during 2000 to learn about cancer care problems faced by cancer patients and presents the Panel’s recommendations for addressing these problems. 9/2001 Order Limit: 1 Q087 caBIG™ One-Page Fact Sheet, The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid™ Fact Sheet The cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid™ (caBIG™) Fact Sheet serves as a tool to communicate the critical role of caBIG in revolutionizing the way cancer research is conducted and care is provided. The primary purpose of the caBIG™ Fact Sheet is to inform key audiences inside and outside the cancer community of the significance of this unique initiative for them and the opportunities for collaboration. caBIG™ is a network of information and tools that will enable researchers, clinicians, and patients t easily share, integrate, and analyze data from many different sources. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F009 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet, National Cancer Imaging Archive This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. The caBIG™ National Cancer Imaging Archive (NCIA) is a searchable national repository integrating in vivo cancer images with clinical and genomic data. NCIA provides the cancer research community, industry, and academia with public access to DICOM images, image markup, annotations, and rich meta data. This tool enables the development of imaging resources that lead to improved clinical decision support, accelerated clinical decision-making, and quantitative imaging assessment of drug response. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F016 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet, caArray This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. caArray (the Array Data Management System) is an open-source, web- and programmatically accessible array data management system that guides the annotation and exchange of array data using a federated model of local installations whose results are shareable across the caBIG™ bioinformatics grid. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F057 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet, caGRID This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. caGRID is an informatics tool that enables numerous complex usage scenarios, but its basic technical goals are to: enable universal mechanisms for providing interoperable programmatic access to data and analytics in caBIG™, create a self-described infrastructure wherein the structure and semantics of data can be programmatically determined, and provide a powerful means by which services available in caBIG™ can be programmatically discovered and leveraged. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F011 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet, caGWAS (Cancer Genome-Wide Association Scan) This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. caGWAS allows researchers to integrate, query, report, and analyze significant associations between genetic variations and disease, drug response, or other outcomes. . Within the Clinical Genomic Object Model (CGOM), the caintegrator team created a domain model for Whole-Genome Association Study Analysis. CGOM-caGWAS is a semantically annotated domain model that captures associations between Study, Study Participant Disease, SNP Association Analysis, SNP Population frequency, and SNP annotations. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F012 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet, caTissue Core This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. caTissue is caBIG’s tissue-bank repository tool for biospecimen inventory, tracking, and basic annotation. This tool permits users to track the collection, storage, quality assurance, and distribution of specimens as well as the derivation and aliquotting of new specimens from existing ones. It also allows users to find and request specimens that may then be used in molecular correlative studies. 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F013 NCI Publications Catalog 21 caBIG™ One-Page Tool Fact Sheet—geWorkbench This Fact Sheet is one of a series of ten fact sheets describing key bioinformatics tools developed as part of the National Cancer Institute’s caBIG™ bioinformatics initiative. geWorkbench provides an innovative, open-source software platform for genomic data integration, bringing together analyses and visualization tools for gene expression, sequences, pathways, and other biomedical data. It gives scientists transparent access to a number of external data sources and algorithmic services, combining these with many built-in tools for analysis and visualization) at present, more than 40 distinct analysis and visualization modules are part of the platform). 06/2008 Order Limit: 20 F015 MATERIALS IN OTHER LANGUAGES ASIAN Title Inventory Number Cervical Cancer: What Vietnamese Women Should Know/Benh Ung Thu Co Tu Cung: Nhung Dieu Phu Nu Viet Nam Can Biet http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/cervical-screening-vietnamese Describes the importance of regular screening for cervical cancer. It covers Pap testing, including how often to test, who should be tested, and frequently asked questions. Additionally, it addresses the link between HPV and cervical cancer. The booklet specifically addresses the unique concerns of Vietnamese women. 9/2005 Order Limit: 100 P488 Do it for yourself, Do it for your Family (Chinese translation) http://cancer.gov/images/Documents/68432989-7c99-4e56-8352-c813d5ef3422/ChineseBroch2.pdf Encourages women in their forties and older to get a mammogram every 1 to 2 years. Developed by NCI and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 6/2002 Order Limit: None P082 Do it for yourself, Do it for your Family (Tagalog translation) http://cancer.gov/images/Documents/68432989-7c99-4e56-8352-c813d5ef3422/tagalog_brochure.pdf Encourages women in their forties and older to get a mammogram every 1 to 2 years. Developed by NCI and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 6/2002 Order Limit: None P141 Do it for yourself, Do it for your Family (Vietnamese translation) http://cancer.gov/images/Documents/68432989-7c99-4e56-8352-c813d5ef3422/Vietnamese2.pdf Encourages women in their forties and older to get a mammogram every 1 to 2 years. Developed by NCI and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 6/2002 Order Limit: None P089 SPANISH SITIOS DE CÁNCER (SPECIFIC CANCERS) Title Inventory Number What You Need To Know About Cancer series Los folletos de esta serie en español abarcan síntomas, diagnóstico, tratamiento, temas emocionales y preguntas para formular al médico. Incluyen un glosario de términos y otros recursos. This series of pamphlets discusses symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, emotional issues, and questions to ask the doctor. Includes glossary of terms and other resources. Tipos de cancer (Types of Cancer) cérvix (Cervix) colon y de recto (Colon & Rectum) próstata (Prostate) seno (Breast) Número de inventario (Inventory Number) P890 P054 P995 P889 Límite de pedido (Order Limit) 200 100 100 100 NCI Publications Catalog 22 OPCIONES DE TRATAMIENTO (TREATMENT OPTIONS) Title Inventory Number Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia interna: La braquiterapia (Un tipo de radioterapia interna) (Understanding Radiation Therapy: What To Know About Brachytherapy-A Type of Internal Radiation Therapy) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/braquiterapia.pdf Información para personas que necesitan entender cómo funciona la braquiterapia (un tipo de radioterapia interna). 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet that helps radiation therapy patients understand brachytherapy, a type of internal radiation therapy. Order Limit: 200 F048 La quimioterapia y usted (Chemotherapy and You: Support for People with Cancer) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/quimioterapia-y-usted Este folleto de 80 páginas, en formato de preguntas y respuestas, aborda problemas e inquietudes de los pacientes que reciben quimioterapia. Se hace énfasis en la explicación y la autoayuda. 8/2007 A 56-page booklet in question-and-answer format that addresses problems and concerns of patients receiving chemotherapy. Emphasis on explanation and self-help. 2/2003 Order Limit: 100 P811 La radioterapia externa: Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia (Understanding Radiation Therapy: What To Know About External Beam Radiation Therapy) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/radioterapia-externa.pdf Información para personas que necesitan entender cómo funciona la radioterapia externa. 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet that helps radiation therapy patients understand external beam radiation therapy. Order Limit: 200 F046 La radioterapia y usted: Apoyo para las personas con cancer (Radiation Therapy and You: A Guide to Self-Help During Cancer Treatment) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/radioterapia-y-usted Este folleto es una traducción al español de “Radiation Therapy and You”. Aborda inquietudes de los pacientes que reciben formas de radioterapia. Se hace énfasis en la explicación y la autoayuda. Addresses concerns of patients receiving radiation therapy. Emphasis on explanation and self-help. 08/2007 Order Limit: 100 P802 Las primeras etapas del cancer de seno (Surgery Choices for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/las-primeras-etapas-del-cancer-de-seno This booklet is written for women who have early-stage breast cancer. It describes types of surgery used to treat this type of cancer. Este ibreto/libro esta escrito para la mujar que tiene un estado inicial de cancer de seno. Describe los tipos de cirugia que se usan para el tratamiento de este tipo de cancer. 9/2005 Order Limit: 100 P062 ESTUDIOS CLÍNICOS (CLINICAL TRIALS) Title Inventory Number Si piensa que no hay forma de prevenir el cáncer...Conozca los estudios clínicos http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/estudios-de-prevencion Este folleto está dirigido a personas que consideran participar en un estudio clínico de prevención. El folleto, de fácil lectura, presenta fotografías de personas de razas distintas. Diseñado para ser utilizado con un profesional de la salud. Easy-to-read Spanish-language brochure that explains the basics for cancer prevention trials. Also available on the Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES) CD–ROM. 5/2004 Order Limit: 200 P162 NCI Publications Catalog 23 Si tiene cáncer...Lo que debería saber sobre estudios clínicos (If You Have Cancer... What You Should Know About Clinical Trials) http://cancer.gov/espanol/que-son-estudios-clinicos Este folleto está dirigido a pacientes que consideran participar en un estudio clínico. El folleto, de fácil lectura, presenta fotografías de personas de raza afroamericana y de personas hispanas. Diseñado para ser utilizado con un profesional de la salud. Features photos of African American and Hispanic people. To be used with a health care professional. For patients considering participation in a clinical trial. Also available on the Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES) CD–ROM. 11/2001 Order Limit: 200 P976 SUPERAR EL CÁNCER (COPING WITH CANCER) Title Inventory Number El dolor relacionado con el cáncer (Understanding Cancer Pain) http://cancer.gov/espanol/dolor-relacionado-con-cancer Esta es la traducción al español de “Understanding Cancer Pain”. Incluye información sobre las rezones por las cuales los pacientes que padecen cáncer sufren dolor, sobre formas de tratamiento y lo que deben hacer los pacientes cuando experimentan dolor. Explains why cancer patients have pain, the ways pain can be treated, and what patients should do when they have pain. For cancer patients and their families. 9/2004 Order Limit: 100 P696 Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia: Consejos para cuando le duelan la boca y garganta: (Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do When Your Mouth Hurts) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/boca-garganta.pdf Información para personas que están recibiendo radioterapia y consejos sobre cómo controlar las molestias en la boca y garganta, sentirse mejor durante el tratamiento y comunicarse con su doctor o enfermera. 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help manage mouth or throat pain, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. Order Limit: 200 F053 Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia: Consejos para cuando sienta debilidad o cansancio (fatiga) que reciben radioterapia (Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do When You Feel Weak or Tired (Fatigue)) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/fatiga.pdf Información para personas que están recibiendo radioterapia y consejos sobre cómo controlar el cansancio y la fatiga, sentirse mejor durante el tratamiento y comunicarse con su doctor o enfermera. 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people deal with fatigue, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. Order Limit: 200 F047 Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia: Consejos para cuando tenga diarrea (Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do When You Have Loose Stools (Diarrhea)) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/diarrea.pdf Información para personas que están recibiendo radioterapia y consejos sobre cómo controlar la diarrea, sentirse mejor durante el tratamiento y comunicarse con su doctor o enfermera. 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people manage diarrhea, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. Order Limit: 200 F045 Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia: Consejos para cuando tenga náuseas y vómitos (Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do About Feeling Sick to Your Stomach and Throwing Up (Nausea and Vomiting)) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/nauseas-vomitos.pdf Información para personas que están recibiendo radioterapia y consejos sobre cómo controlar los vómitos y las náuseas, sentirse mejor durante el tratamiento y comunicarse con su doctor o enfermera. 09/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help manage nausea and vomiting, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. Order Limit: 200 F051 NCI Publications Catalog 24 Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia: Consejos para las mujeres sobre los cambios sexuales y de fertilidad (Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What Women Can Do About Changes in Sexuality and Fertility) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/mujer-fertilidad.pdf Información para mujeres que están recibiendo radioterapia y consejos sobre cambios en la sexualidad y fertilidad, cómo sentirse mejor durante el tratamiento y comunicarse con su doctor o enfermera. 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet for women receiving radiation therapy that includes information and tips to help manage changes in sexuality and fertility, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. Order Limit: 200 F055 Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia: Consejos para los hombres sobre los cambios sexuales y fertilidad (Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What Men Can Do About Changes in Sexuality and Fertility) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/hombre-fertilidad.pdf Información para hombres que están recibiendo radioterapia y consejos sobre cambios en la sexualidad y fertilidad, cómo sentirse mejor durante el tratamiento y comunicarse con su doctor o enfermera. 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help men manage changes in sexuality and/or fertility, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. Order Limit: 200 F050 Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia: Consejos sobre la pérdida del pelo (alopecia): (Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do About Hair Loss (Alopecia)) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/perdida-pelo Información para personas que están recibiendo radioterapia y consejos sobre cómo controlar la caída del pelo, sentirse mejor durante el tratamiento y comunicarse con su doctor o enfermera. 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people deal with hair loss, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. Order Limit: 200 F044 Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia: Consejos sobre los cambios al orinar (Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do About Changes When You Urinate) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/orinar.pdf Información para personas que están recibiendo radioterapia y consejos sobre cómo controlar los cambios al orinar, sentirse mejor durante el tratamiento y comunicarse con su doctor o enfermera. 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people manage changes when they urinate, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. Order Limit: 200 F054 Información para pacientes que reciben radioterapia: Consejos sobre los cambios leves en la piel (Managing Radiation Therapy Side Effects: What To Do About Skin Changes) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/cancer/tratamiento/radioterapia/consejos/piel.pdf Información para personas que están recibiendo radioterapia y consejos sobre cómo controlar los cambios en la piel, sentirse mejor durante el tratamiento y comunicarse con su doctor o enfermera. 9/2007 An easy-to-read fact sheet for radiation therapy patients that includes information and tips to help people manage mild skin changes, feel better during treatment, and talk with their doctor or nurse. Order Limit: 200 F052 Siga adelante: la vida después del tratamiento del cáncer (Facing Forward: Life After Cancer Treatment) http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/vida-despues-del-tratamiento Este folleto es una adaptación al español del libro “Life After Cancer Treatment” y trata de inquietudes especialmente importantes para sobrevivientes latinos que viven en los Estados Unidos. El folleto trata de temas para después del tratamiento, como son los cuidados médicos de seguimiento, cambios físicos y emocionales, cambios en las relaciones sociales y asuntos del lugar de trabajo. 10/2002 Addresses specific concerns of importance to Latino survivors living in the United States. Covers posttreatment issues such as follow-up medical care, physical and emotional changes, changes in social relationships, and workplace issues. Spanish adaptation of Life After Cancer Treatment. Order Limit: 50 P015 NCI Publications Catalog 25 PRUEBAS PARA CÁNCER (TESTING FOR CANCER) Title Inventory Number Cambios communes en los senos: Algunas cosas que usted debe saber (Common Breast Changes) http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/Cambios-comunes-en-los-senos.pdf Spanish version of Common Breast Changes discusses finding breast changes and answers common questions about next steps in case of abnormal mammogram results. Provides a chart listing possible mammogram results and follow-up care. 9/2006 Order Limit: 100 P090 Hágase un mamograma...Por su salud y su familia (Have a Mammogram...For Yourself and Your Family) Este dibujo bilingüe (español/inglés) de 11” x 17” anima a las mujeres a que se hagan una mamografía por ellas y por sus familias. An 11” x 17” bilingual (Spanish/English) poster that encourages a woman to get a mammogram for herself and her family. Order Limit: None G415 Los mamogramas No solamente una vez sino por toda la vida (Mammograms Not Just Once But for a Lifetime) Este folleto de 2 páginas, de lectura fácil, en español, define la mamografía, describe quién necesita este examen importante y resume el procedimiento paso a paso. A two-page easy-to-read pamphlet that defines mammography, explains who needs this important examination, and describes the procedure. 12/1997 Order Limit: None P406 Los mamogramas No solamente una vez sino por toda la vida – en letra grande (Mammograms Not Just Once But for a Lifetime – large print) Este folleto de 2 páginas, de lectura fácil, en letra grande y en español, define la mamografía, describe quién necesita este examen importante y resume el procedimiento paso a paso. A two-page, easy-to-read, large-print pamphlet that defines mammography, explains who needs this important examination, and describes the procedure. 9/1998 Order Limit: None H497 Los mamogramas No solamente una vez sino por toda la vida – marcador de libro en español (Mammograms Not Just Once But for a Lifetime – Spanish bookmark) Un marcador de libro que muestra una fotografía de una mujer hispana. Este artículo de promoción se enviará en paquetes de 20 y no contará en el límite general de veinte artículos por pedido. Features a picture of a Hispanic woman. Sent in packs of 20 and exempt from shipping and handling charges. Will not count toward the 20 free items per order. Order Limit: None Z463 FACTORES DE RIESGO, CAUSAS Y PREVENCIÓN (RISK FACTORS/CAUSES, PREVENTION) Title Inventory Number Cáncer Cervical (cáncer del cuello del útero) Cómo puede protegerse (Cervical Cancer: What You Can Do to Protect Yourself) http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/cervical-cancer-what-you-can-do/espanol Describe la importancia de los exámenes selectivos de detección regulares para el cáncer de cérvix o cuello del útero. Comprende la prueba de Papanicolaou, la frecuencia con la que debe realizarse, quiénes deben hacerse la prueba y las preguntas más frecuentes relacionadas con el tema. También trata de la relación de los virus del papiloma humano con el cáncer del cuello uterino. El folleto aborda específicamente lo que concierne en particular a la mujer latina. Describes the importance of regular screening for cervical cancer. Covers Pap tests, including how often to test, who should be tested, and frequently asked questions. Addresses the link between HPV and cervical cancer. The booklet specifically addresses the unique concerns of Latina women. 9/2005 Order Limit: 100 P499 NCI Publications Catalog 26 NUTRICION (NUTRITION) Title Inventory Number Consejos de alimentación para pacientes con cáncer: Antes, durante y después del tratamiento (Eating Hints for Cancer Patients: Before, During and After Treatment) Este folleto en español provee información y recetas para ayudar a los pacientes a satisfacer sus necesidades de buena nutrición durante el tratamiento. Provides information and recipes to help patients meet their needs for good nutrition during treatment. 6/2004 Order Limit: 100 P830 FUMAR Y TABACO (TOBACCO/SMOKING) Title Inventory Number Guía para dejar de fumar: No lo deje para mañana, deje de fumar hoy (Guide to Quitting Smoking: Don’t Leave It for Tomorrow, Quit Today) http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/Spanish_Smoking_book.pdf Este folleto de 36 páginas, totalmente en colores, para ayudarse a uno mismo a dejar de fumar, está dirigido específicamente a públicos de habla hispana. La presente guía ofrece sugerencias sobre cómo dejar de fumar e incluye una sección amplia sobre ayudas farmacológicas para la adicción a la nicotina. A full-color, 36-page self-help booklet on smoking cessation. Gives tips on how to quit smoking and includes an extensive section on pharmacological aids for nicotine addiction. 1/2002 Order Limit: 100 P157 NCI Publications Catalog 27 How to place an order NCI publications are free. 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