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Often when someone is diagnosed with cancer, we want to learn everything we can about it, and everyone should be well informed. Information about
cancer is available from many sources.
Cancer Information Services
is a nationwide
organization that offers a telephone service for cancer patients, their families and friends, the public, and health care providers. The staff can
answer questions in English and Spanish and can send free printed material about prevention, early detection, self-exam, specific types of cancer,
cancer treatment and living with cancer. (1-800-4-CANCER)
- American Cancer Society
is a voluntary
organization with a national office and local units throughout the country. It supports research, provides educational programs and offers many services
for cancer patients and their families. It provides free printed material. (1-800-ACS-2345)
- The Health Alliance offers Community Cancer Information Centers
in their hospitals. The latest
information about cancer, treatments, support groups and service groups is available. They have access to a national cancer data base where information
can be reviewed and printed. The Health Alliance Call Center can connect you with the Community Cancer Information Center at the Alliance hospital of
your choice. (1-888-640-CARE)
- The internet
is a good source of information. The Health
Alliance Cancer Services web site offers monthly articles on cancer as well as other diseases. The events and program calendar provides dates, times
and locations for events about cancer and other health topics.
- National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) MEDLARS
program
helps you locate articles on cancer published in technical journals. It provides an access to CANCERLINE, computerized database system linking you to
information from technical literature, summaries of federally and privately funded current cancer research projects, and descriptions of studies of new
cancer treatments. Librarians in medical libraries can retrieve this information for you.
- Magazines and journals offer articles on cancer. The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature helps you
locate articles that are published in popular magazines and journals and is available in most public libraries.
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You can find articles published in over 2,500 health-science journals by looking in Index
Medicus. Medical libraries, most colleges and some public libraries will have this resource. |
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- Books on cosmetic aids
are available.
Looking Up: The Complete Guide to Looking and Feeling Good for the Recovering Cancer Patient, by Susy Kalter. McGraw-Hill:
1987 provides tips on hair care, wigs, makeup and exercise.
Buyer’s Guide to Wigs and Hairpieces is a two-page summary from Ruth L.
Weintraub Co. Inc., 420 Madison Avenue, Suite 406, New York, NY 10017.
- Local Support Groups
have
good information as well as your local hospital’s social work department and cancer unit.
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The Health Alliance continues to be a leader in cancer care using a
multidisciplinary approach in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention,
education and research of cancer. Our diverse health care team includes
physicians and specialists in all areas of cancer care including medical
oncology, radiation oncology, surgical oncology, gynecological oncology,
as well as nurses, social workers, physical and occupational therapists,
nutritionists, psychologists and many others. In addition, Health Alliance
physicians and  world-renowned cancer researchers in our facilities offer
internationally recognized services in neuro-oncology, head and neck
oncology, stem cell transplantation and clinical cancer research. The
Health Alliance offers a holistic approach to cancer care not only
recognizing the physical needs of our patients, but also recognizing and
supporting the emotional and spiritual needs of them and their families.
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If you’d like more information on cancer
care, including information about cancer treatment, screening, prevention, supportive care
and clinical trials, please contact one of our facilities.
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