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The increasing amount of knowledge about all aspects of cancer needs to be communicated to both health personnel and patients. In the United Kingdom and the USA information centers have been established. The Cancer Information Service in the US, funded by the National Cancer Institute and the British Association of Cancer United Patients (BACUP) funded by the Cancer Research Campaign provide telephone and mail service. The Information Centers offer counseling, general cancer information and information on treatment options and clinical trials. Health personnel can subscribe to a monthly updated Physician Desk Query (PDQ) with information on more than 75 different cancers, staging, treatments, prognosis, clinical trials and treatment centers. Evaluations in the US and UK have shown high satisfaction with the Information Services.
关于癌症各个方面的知识日益增多，需要传达给卫生人员和患者。在英国和美国，已经设立了信息中心。美国的癌症信息服务由国家癌症研究所资助，英国的癌症联合患者协会（BACUP）由癌症研究运动资助，它们提供电话和邮件服务。这些信息中心提供咨询、一般癌症信息以及有关治疗选择和临床试验的信息。卫生人员可以订阅每月更新的《医师案头查询》（PDQ），其中包含有关75种以上不同癌症、分期、治疗、预后、临床试验和治疗中心的信息。美国和英国的评估显示，人们对这些信息服务满意度很高。
