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- $Title{A Telephone Number for Cancer Patients to Call}
- $Subject{cancers cancerous carcinoma neoplasm neoplasms Cancer Information
- Service CIS National Cancer Institute resource resources}
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- Copyright (c) 1991-92,1993 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
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- A Telephone Number for Cancer Patients to Call
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- QUESTION: One day in our paper you gave information and a telephone number
- for cancer patients to call. Would you repeat this number, please? Are there
- any booklets to send for?
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- ANSWER: I am happy to repeat this very important information for you and all
- other readers who may have a similar need. This time, either clip this column
- and save it, or make a note of this number for future reference. The number
- of the Cancer Information Service (CIS) of the National Cancer Institute is 1
- (800) 4-CANCER. There is also an address for the CIS you may wish to write
- to: Blair Building, Room 414, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
- The Cancer information Service provides cancer information to patients and
- their families and the general public. Of course they cannot make diagnoses
- or offer comments on treatments, but they will provide you with any
- publication distributed by the National Cancer Institute. You may get a busy
- signal when you first dial, but keep at it. When you get through, your call
- will be directed by a computer and your responses on a touch tone phone. If
- you choose to request publications, your call will be answered by a real
- person. If your not sure of the publication, ask for material on the subject
- of your interest or request the publication list, which will detail all their
- offerings.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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