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What You Need To Know About™ Thyroid Cancer
    Posted: 10/26/2007
National Cancer Institute Publications

NCI provides information about cancer, including the booklets and fact sheets mentioned in this booklet. Many are available in both English and Spanish.

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Treatment
Radiation Therapy and You 1 (also available in Spanish: La radioterapia y usted)
Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers 2
Chemotherapy and You 3 (also available in Spanish: La quimioterapia y usted)
How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer 4 (also available in
    Spanish: Cómo encontrar a un doctor o un establecimiento de tratamiento si usted tiene cáncer 5)

Living With Cancer
Eating Hints for Cancer Patients 6 (also available in Spanish:
    Consejos de alimentación para pacientes con cáncer)
Pain Control 7 (also available in Spanish: Control del dolor)
Facing Forward Series: Life After Cancer Treatment 8 (also available in Spanish:
    Siga adelante: la vida después del tratamiento del cáncer 9)
Facing Forward Series: Ways You Can Make a Difference in Cancer 10
Taking Time: Support for People with Cancer 11
Coping with Advanced Cancer 12
When Cancer Returns 13

Clinical Trials
Taking Part in Cancer Treatment Research Studies 14

Complementary Medicine
Thinking About Complementary & Alternative Medicine: A guide for people with cancer 15
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Cancer Treatment: Questions and Answers 16
    (also available in Spanish:
    La medicina complementaria y alternativa en el tratamiento del cáncer: preguntas y respuestas 17)

Radioactive Iodine Fallout
Get the Facts About Exposure to I-131 Radiation 18
Making Choices: Screening for Thyroid Disease 19
I-131 and Radioactive Fallout: Questions and Answers 20

Caregivers
When Someone You Love Is Being Treated for Cancer: Support for Caregivers 21
When Someone You Love Has Advanced Cancer: Support for Caregivers 22
Facing Forward: When Someone You Love Has Completed Cancer Treatment 23



Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/radiation-therapy-and-you
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/radiation
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/chemotherapy-and-you
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/doctor-facility
5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/doctor-facility-spanish
6http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/eatinghints
7http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/paincontrol
8http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/life-after-treatment
9http://www.cancer.gov/espanol/vida-despues-del-tratamiento
10http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/make-a-difference
11http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/takingtime
12http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/advancedcancer
13http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Cancer-Returns
14http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/Taking-Part-in-Cancer-Treatment-Research-S
tudies
15http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/thinking-about-CAM
16http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM
17http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM-Spanish
18http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/i131/get-facts-about-exposure
19http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/i131/makingchoices
20http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/I131qa
21http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/when-someone-you-love-is-treated
22http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Advanced-Cancer
23http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/Facing-Forward-When-Someone-You-Love-Has-Com
pleted-Cancer-Treatment