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National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet
Fact Sheets: Information Sources

Asian and Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Web Tool 1
(Reviewed: 06/22/2009) - A fact sheet about the APICEM Web tool, which offers health-care providers a place to search for Asian-language cancer education materials for patients by specific Asian language, by cancer site, or by screening topic. This effort is supported by NCI.

Cancer Fund-Raising Organizations 2
(Reviewed: 12/22/2003) - A fact sheet that offers suggestions on how to evaluate charities and provides names of organizations that monitor charity fund-raising practices.

Cancer Information Sources 3
(Reviewed: 05/24/2005) - A fact sheet about sources of cancer information on the Internet, in libraries, and from government and private sector organizations.

Clinical Trials 4
(Reviewed: 05/19/2006) - This fact sheet covers types of clinical trials, who sponsors them, how they are conducted, how participants are protected, and who pays for the patient care costs associated with a clinical trial. Includes some questions to ask a health care provider before entering a clinical trial.

Evaluating Health Information on the Internet 5
(Reviewed: 03/06/2009) - This fact sheet contains information to help people decide whether the health information they find on the Internet or receive via e-mail from a Web site is likely to be reliable.

PDQ®: Questions and Answers 6
(Reviewed: 06/20/2005) - A fact sheet about the NCI's PDQ cancer information database.

The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service: Questions and Answers 7
(Reviewed: 05/11/2006) - A fact sheet about NCI's Cancer Information Service, a resource that provides the latest and most accurate cancer information to patients and families, the public, and health professionals.



Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/information/apicem-tool
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/organizations
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/sources
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/clinical-trials
5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/internet
6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/PDQ
7http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/CIS