While National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is just about wrapping up, it’s not the only cancer awareness month in the year. Lung Cancer Awareness Month and Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month are just around the corner in November, and many other cancers have months of observance throughout the year (check out the calendar from Cancer.gov).

Because anytime is a good time to educate about cancer and the usefulness of clinical trials, it’s good to know that the National Cancer Institute now offers a Cancer Clinical Trials Education Series (CTES) Kit for free to libraries. More information, care of an email I received from the Massachusetts Library Association listserv:

“The CTES is a collection of more than 20 multimedia resources to educate cancer patients, health care professionals, advocates, and the general public about cancer prevention and treatment clinical trials. The series includes materials in a variety of formats, including workbooks, videos, booklets, and brochures. Some of the materials are also in Spanish. Topics include “If you have Cancer…What you should know about Clinical Trials, “If you have Cancer and Have Medicare”, “Taking Part in Clinical Trials: What Cancer Patients need to Know” are just a few of the topics.

To order materials call 1-800-4-CANCER or go to www.cancer.gov/publications. If you have questions about the materials or how to use them, contact or by calling 301-594-8992.”