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This section is designed to help people with cancer and their families better understand the disease, its causes and its treatment, and provides information on the following: | |
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| Learning About Cancer: General information about cancer, including prevention, risk factors, early detection and screening, staging, and treatment. For specific cancer information by type, visit Cancer Type. |
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| Communicating With Your Doctor: Information on choosing a doctor, learning about the oncology team, seeking a second opinion, questions to ask the doctor during your office visits, and helpful hints for making appointments and visits to the doctor. |
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| Managing Your Care: Information on organizing your cancer care, including medical forms to track your medical history, appointment notes, and treatment instructions. In this section you will also find information on advance directives and financial support resources. |
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| Managing Side Effects: Information on managing the potential side effects of cancer and cancer treatment. |
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| Clinical Trials: Information on clinical trials and patient safety, steps involved in the research process, questions to ask the research team, and links to find cancer clinical trials. |
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| Cancer Genetics: Information on genetics and cancer, including how genes cause cancer; genetic counseling; the ethical, legal, and social issues of genetic testing; gene therapy; and genetics information for individual cancer types. |
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| Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM): Information on the safety and effectiveness of CAM, including questions to ask your doctor when considering CAM, risks and potential benefits of CAM, facts about supplements, and how to find reliable CAM resources. |
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