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For more information about the topics in this issue of CR, please refer to the following journal articles, organizations, websites, books and other resources.

Mammography Under the Microscope

"Effect of Screening and Adjuvant Ther-apy on Mortality from Breast Cancer," New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 353, No. 17; Oct. 27, 2005. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov

"Diagnostic Performance of Digital versus Film Mammography for Breast-Cancer Screening," New England Journal of Medicine; Vol. 353, No. 17; Oct. 27, 2005. Available at www.nejm.org or www.pubmed.gov

Breast cancer resources on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website

NCI's breast cancer webpage

Hormonal Impact

"Aromatase Inhibitors in Human Lung Cancer Therapy," Cancer Research; Vol. 65, No. 24; Dec. 15, 2005. Available at www.aacrjournals.org or www.pubmed.gov

Lung cancer resources on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website

NCI's lung cancer webpage

Cancer Genome Map

The Cancer Genome Atlas

Sometimes You Can't Win

National Family Caregivers Association

CareGivers-USA

Equivalent Health Care

"Are Racial and Ethnic Minorities Less Willing to Participate in Health Research?" PloS Medicine; Vol. 3, No. 2; February 2006. Available at www.plosmedicine.org

NCI Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities website

Alex Adjei on cancer research and special patient populations

NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program

In My Sister's Care national health organization

Resources for minorities and special populations on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website

Banking on Tissues

Genetic Alliance Biobank

Karolinska Institute Biobank

Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium

NCI's Office of Biorepositories and Biospecimen Research

Singapore Tissue Network

Expanded article about tissue banks

The Pathway to Better Care

"How to Find a Clinical Trial" on the AACR's Survivors and Advocates website

Current Controlled Trials database

NCI's clinical trials database

Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups' TrialCheck service

For information on clinical trials and other cancer-related questions, you can also call the NCI's Cancer Information Service: 1-800-4CANCER
(1-800-422-6237)

Loaded Language

At the Will of the Body: Reflections on Illness, by Arthur W. Frank

Illness as Metaphor, by Susan Sontag

Intoxicated by My Illness, by Anatole Broyard

Reconstructing Illness: Studies in Pathography, by Anne Hunsaker Hawkins

Speak the Language of Healing: Living with Breast Cancer without Going to War, by Susan Kuner, Carol Matzkin Orsborn, Linda Quigley and Karen Leigh Stroup