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- CancerNet - Mail Server Providing Cancer Information from NCI
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- International Cancer Information Center
- National Cancer Institute
- Building 82, Room 123
- Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- _E_m_a_i_l: icic@icicb.nci.nih.gov
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (301) 496-8880
- FAX: (301) 480-8105
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- CancerNet is a quick and easy way to obtain, through elec-
- tronic mail, information from the National Cancer
- Institute's Physician Data Query (PDQ) database. CancerNet
- also has information about PDQ, PDQ distributors, and other
- products and services of the NCI, including a list of
- patient publications available from the Office of Cancer
- Communications.
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- CancerNet includes state-of-the-art summaries on prognosis,
- staging, histology, and treatment of more than 75 types and
- sites of cancer. For each cancer diagnosis, there are two
- different statements available, a technical summary geared
- to the needs of the health care professional, which includes
- references to published literature; and a patient informa-
- tion statement which is written in easy-to-understand
- language. Screening guidelines and supportive care state-
- ments on the management of side effects of cancer and its
- treatment are also available. The information is updated
- monthly. CancerNet is a trademark of the National Cancer
- Institute.
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- _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
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- Send a mail message to cancernet@icicb.nci.nih.gov. Leave
- the subject line blank. In the body of the mail message,
- enter "help" to receive the instructions and most current
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
- of this guide.
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- September 3, 1992 NNSC Section M.10, Page 1
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- contents list.
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _T_h_e _C_a_n_c_e_r_N_e_t
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- The information is intended for use by the health care pro-
- fessionals involved in cancer care to make them aware of
- current cancer information. Current PDQ/CancerNet users
- include physicians and other health professionals, basic and
- clinical researchers, policy-makers, health and science
- reporters, and the general public.
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
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- The entire PDQ database contains the information in Cancer-
- Net, in addition to summaries of cancer clinical trials
- currently accruing patients and directories of physicians
- and organizations that treat cancer. The database is avail-
- able through various commercial and nonprofit database dis-
- tributors. See the CancerNet Contents List for information
- on NCI database availability.
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- The CancerFax service from NCI provides the same information
- as CancerNet. Call 1-301-402-5874 from your fax machine and
- follow the prompts to request a CancerFax contents list with
- appropriate code numbers. CancerFax is a trademark of the
- National Cancer Institute.
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- September 3, 1992 NNSC Section M.10, Page 2
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