
800-616-8347
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How
to Participate in the NWCGN
You
can take part in this national research effort by enrolling in the Northwest
Cancer Genetics Registry. To be eligible for enrollment, you must live
in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, or
Washington State. There are three ways to enroll.
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Online
Contact Form: Complete the brief online form below, which
indicates an interest in enrolling in the registry or in finding out
more about the project. This online form requires only that you fill
in some basic contact information so that we may call you. When you
submit this form, your contact information will be sent to a project
staff person who will mail you some introductory information and call
you back by phone at a convenient time to describe the registry, confirm
your eligibility and, if you wish, to conduct a more detailed enrollment
questionnaire about your medical and family history. Only after completing
this longer phone interview will you be enrolled in the registry.
Please be
aware that your contact information will be sent from this page to
us by e-mail. Use of this website does not insure confidentiality
nor privacy. If you are uncomfortable sending your name or phone number
to us by e-mail, please contact us by telephone or mail (see below).
Telephone:
If you prefer to speak to someone in person
to find out more or to enroll, you may call the NW Cancer Genetics Network
at 1-800-616-8347. If the line is busy, you may leave a message
on the voice mail so that a project staff person may return your call.
Please include your name, phone number and convenient times for us to
call you. If you need more general information about cancer and genetics
you may call the Cancer
Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER.
Mail:
If you prefer to contact us by mail, you may print a specially
formatted version of the online contact form below, directly from this
page. You may open and print this document, complete it and mail it
to us at the address indicated. A project specialist will contact you
at a convenient time to go over the information you send us, and to
confirm that you are both willing and eligible to participate. You will
not be enrolled in the registry until a project specialist has spoken
to you by phone and you have completed the survey.
Online
Contact Form:
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express interest in enrolling in the Pacific NW Cancer Genetics
Registry, please complete the form below. Questions
marked with a red asterisk *
must be must be completed before you can successfully submit
the form. These items are required by the NWCGN staff in
order to determine your eligibility, or to contact you by
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Telephone:
You
may prefer to speak to someone in person to find out more or to enroll.
To enroll by phone, or to
find out more about the NWCGN project, you may call the NW
Cancer Genetics Network at 1-800-616-8347.
If the line
is busy, you may leave a message on the voice mail so that a project staff
person may return your call. Please include your name, phone number and
convenient times for us to call you.
We are available to call you at the following times (PST):
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Monday-Thursday:
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9am
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Friday:
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9am
- 5pm |
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Saturday: |
10am
- 5pm |
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Sunday: |
2:30pm
- 8:30pm |
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If you need more general
information about cancer and genetics you may call the
Cancer
Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER
at at any time during working hours.
Mail:
If you prefer to contact
us by mail, you may print and send us a paper version of the online contact
form by opening and printing the contact form web
page. A project specialist will contact you at a convenient time to
go over the information you send us, and to confirm that you are both
willing and eligible to participate. You will not be enrolled in the registry
until a project specialist has spoken to you by phone and you have complete
the survey. Please be sure to answer every question before mailing
either form.
Open
Printable Contact Form Web Page
If you have
the appropriate software, you can open and print the contact form in "Acrobat
PDF" format.
To
view and print these documents, you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat
Reader software, available without charge from Adobe Systems Incorporated
(download
from here) .
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