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Finding Healthcare Services

Tips for choosing a doctor or a treatment facility, healthcare options, assistance at home, and hospice care.

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Tips for Choosing a Doctor or a Treatment Facility
How To Find a Doctor or Treatment Facility If You Have Cancer
This fact sheet offers suggestions for choosing a physician and facility for cancer treatment.

NCI-Designated Cancer Centers List
List of NCI-designated cancer centers and comprehensive cancer centers.
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How To Find Resources in Your Own Community If You Have Cancer
A fact sheet that discusses the types of help that are available to people with cancer and where to find these services.

The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet about NCI's Cancer Information Service, a resource that provides the latest and most accurate cancer information to patients and families, the public, and health professionals.

National Organizations That Offer Cancer-Related Services
A database that includes contact information for organizations that provide cancer patients and their families with financial and emotional support, advocacy, and information. The database may be searched by type of cancer and keyword.
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Care at Home
Home Care for Cancer Patients
A fact sheet about the various services provided by home care agencies and financial assistance available from government, public, and private agencies.

Hospice
A fact sheet about organizations that provide hospice care; it also discusses insurance coverage.
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