Telephone Service
Herbert S. Schwartz,
MD
Professor
Director, Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology
Vice Chair – Research
Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Professor
Department of Pathology
Nashville, Tennessee
Phone: 615-343-8612
Fax: 615-343-1028
Email: herbert.s.schwartz@vanderbilt.edu
Ginger E. Holt, MD
Assistant Professor
Musculoskeletal Oncology & Adult Reconstruction
Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Nashville, Tennessee
Phone: 615-343-8612
Fax: 615-343-1028
Email: ginger.e.holt@vanderbilt.edu
Jennifer L. Halpern, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Musculoskeletal Oncology & Adult Reconstruction
Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Nashville, Tennessee
Phone: 615-343-8612
Fax: 615-343-1028
Email: jennifer.halpern@vanderbilt.edu
Cancer Information Service (CIS)
The Cancer Information Service (CIS) is the National Cancer Institute (NCI) national information and education network. The CIS is the source for the latest, most accurate cancer information for patients, the public, and health professionals. Specially trained staff provide scientific information in understandable language. CIS staff answer questions in English and Spanish and distribute NCI materials.
- Toll-free phone number: 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
- For the hearing impaired, the toll-free TTY number is: 1-800-332-8615.
Electronic Services
National Cancer Institute (NCI) Web site. The NCI maintains a Web site, on the World Wide Web, that provides easy access to the most current information on cancer. Many of NCI's patient education resources are located on the Web site, including full-text publications and fact sheets for cancer patients and their families.
PDQ
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has developed PDQ (Physician Data Query), a computerized database designed to give health professionals, patients, and the public quick and easy access to:
- The latest treatment, supportive care, screening, and prevention information for most types of cancer
- Descriptions of research studies (also known as clinical trials), that are open for enrollment including treatment, supportive care, screening, and prevention studies
- Information on organizations and physicians who specialize in cancer care.
PDQ can be accessed through the National Library of Medicine, licensed vendors, the Information Associates Program (1-800-624-7890), or through a medical library with online searching capability. Staff at the Cancer Information Service (1-800-4-CANCER) can provide information from PDQ to callers. The PDQ Search Service also conducts PDQ searches for physicians and other health care professionals (1-800-345-3300).
CancerNet-R. To access CancerNet through the Internet, use the World Wide Web at http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/.
CIN - The Cancer Information Network
Another excellent source of electronic cancer information is CIN. CIN offers:
- Oncology News International Today -- major daily news stories about cancer
- Cancer Symposium information
- Access to Medline
- Drug reference guide
- Over 800 direct links to cancer support and research organizations, cancer centers, medical schools, hospices, and alternative medicine sites.
CancerMail
You can also use e-mail to acquire PDW and other NCI information by computer. To obtain a CancerMail contents list, send e-mail to cancermail@icicc.nci.nih.gov with the word "help" in the body of the message.
CancerFax-R
For NCI information by fax, dial 301-402-5874 from the telephone on a fax machine and listen to recorded instructions.
You can also write to the National Cancer Institute at this address:
National Cancer Institute
Office of Cancer Communications
31 Center Drive, MSC 2580
Bethesda, MD 20892-2580
