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- DIRECTORY OF CANCER ASSOCIATIONS AND SUPPORT GROUPS
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- American Academy of Pain Medicine
- 5700 Old Orchard Road
- Skokie, IL 60077
- (708) 966-9510
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- American Cancer Society National Headquarters
- 1599 Clifton Road
- N.E. Atlanta, GA 30329
- (800) ACS 2345
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- American Brain Tumor Association
- 3725 North Talman Avenue
- Chicago, IL 60618
- (312) 286-5571
- (800) 886-2282
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- American Melanoma Foundation
- c/o Malcolm Mitchell, MD
- Center for Biological Therapy and Melanoma Research
- University of California, San Diego
- 9500 Gilrnan Drive
- La Jolla, CA 92093
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- American Pain Society
- 5700 Old Orchard Road
- Skokie, IL 60077
- (708) 966-5595
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- Biological Therapy Institute Foundation
- P.O. Box 681700
- Franklin, TN 37068
- (615) 790 7535
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- Bone Marrow Transplant
- Family Support Network
- P.O. Box 845
- Avon, CT 06001
- (800) 826-9376
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- Breast Cancer Advisory Center
- 11426 Rockville Pike, Suite 406
- Rockville, MD 20859
- (301) 984-1020
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- CanCare
- 2929 Selwyn Avenue
- Charlotte, NC 28209
- (704) 372-1232
- (one-to-one support services)
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- Cancer Guidance Institute
- 5604 Solway Street
- Pittsburgh, PA 15217
- (412) 521-2291 or 782-4023
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- Cancer Information Service
- National Cancer Institute
- Bethesda, MD
- (800) 4-CANCER
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- Cancer Support Network
- 802 East Jefferson
- Bloomington, IL 61701
- (309) 829-2273
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- Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
- 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 460
- Bethesda, MD 20814
- (301) 657-8401 (800) 366-2223
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- Children's Hospice International
- 1101 King Street, Suite 131
- Alexandria, VA 22314
- (703) 684-0330
- (800) 242-4453
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- Choice in Dying
- 200 Varick Street
- New York, NY 10014
- (212) 366-5540
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- Colon Cancer Support Group
- c/o Andrew Kneier
- UCSF/Mt. Zion Cancer Center
- 2356 Sutter Street
- San Francisco, CA 94120
- (415) 885-7546
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- Corporate Angel Network
- Westchester County Airport, Building 1
- White Plains, NY 10604
- (914) 328-1313
- (long distance transportation service)
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- Encore
- YWCA of the U.S.A.
- 726 Broadway, 5th Floor
- New York, NY 10003
- (212) 614-2700
- (exercise and discussion program for
- women with breast cancer)
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- The Helping Hand Melanoma Newsletter
- 12 Arlington Avenue
- Portland, ME 04101
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- Hospicelink
- Hospice Education Institute
- 5 Essex Square, Suite 3-B
- P.O. Box 713
- Essex, CT 06426--0713
- (203) 767-1620
- (800) 331-1620
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- International Association for Enterostomal Therapy
- 505-A Tustin Avenue, Suite 282
- Santa Ana, CA 92705
- (714) 972-1725
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- International Association of Laryngectomees
- 1599 Clifton Road
- N.E. Atlanta, GA 30329
- (404) 329-7650
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- International Myeloma Foundation
- 2120 Stanley Hills Drive
- Los Angeles, CA 90046
- (213) 654-3023 (800) 452-CURE
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- Let's Face It
- Box 711
- Concord, MA 01742
- (508) 371-3186
- (for people who have facial disfigurements)
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- Leukemia Society of America
- 600 Third Avenue
- New York, NY 10016
- (212) 573-8484
- (800) 284-4271
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- The Lost Chord
- (Contact a local chapter of the American Cancer Society)
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- Make Today Count
- c/o Mid-America Cancer Center
- 1235 East Cherokee
- Springfield, MO 65804-2263
- (417) 885-3324
- (800) 432-2273
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- Make-a-Wish Foundation of America
- 1624 East Meadowbrook
- Phoenix, AZ
- (602) 248-9474
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- Melanoma Foundation
- c/o Richard Sagebiel, MD
- UCSF/Mt. Zion Medical Center
- 2356 Sutter Street, 5th Floor
- San Francisco, CA 94120
- (415) 885-7546
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- National Cancer Institute
- Building 31, Room 10A19
- 9000 Rockville Pike
- Bethesda, MD 20892
- (800) 4-CANCER
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- National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
- 1010 Wayne Avenue, 5th Floor
- Silver Spring, MD 20910
- (301) 650-8868
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- National Hospice Organization
- 1901 N. Moore Street, Suite 901
- Arlington, VA 22209
- (703) 243-5900
- (800) 658-8898
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- National Leukemia Association, Inc.
- 585 Stewart Avenue, Suite 536
- Garden City, NY 11530
- (516) 222-1944
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- Patient Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatments
- 1143 Parmelee N.W.
- Grand Rapids, MI 49504
- (616) 453-1477
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- PDQ (Physician Data Query)
- (800) 4-CANCER
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- Planetree Health Resource Center
- 2040 Webster Street
- San Francisco, CA 94115
- (415) 923-3680
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- R.A. Bloch Cancer Foundation, Inc.
- The Cancer Hotline
- 4410 Main Street
- Kansas City, M0 64111
- (816) 932-8453
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- Ronald McDonald Houses
- Golin/Harris Communications, Inc.
- 500 North Michigan Avenue
- Chicago, IL 60611
- (312) 836-7384
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- Share
- 817 Broadway, 6th Floor
- New York, NY 10003
- (212) 260-0580
- (self-help for women with breast cancer)
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- Skin Cancer Foundation
- 245 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2402
- New York, NY 10016
- (212) 725-5176
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- The Skin Cancer Fund
- Box 561 New York, NY 10156
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- Sunshine Foundation
- 4010 Levick Street
- Philadelphia, PA 19135
- (215) 335-2622
- (800) 767-1976
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- Sunshine Kids
- 2902 Ferndale Place
- Houston, TX 77098
- (713) 524-1264
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- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
- 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 370
- Dallas, TX 75244
- (800) I'M AWARE
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- United Ostomy Association
- 36 Executive Park, Suite 120
- Irvine, CA 92714
- (714) 660-8624
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- US-TOO
- P.O. Box 7173
- Oakbrook Terrace, IL
- (800) 82-US-TOO
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- Wellness Community National Headquarters
- 2200 Colorado Avenue
- Santa Monica, CA 90404-3506
- (310) 453-2300
- (800) PRO-HOPE
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- Y-ME
- National Organization for Breast Cancer
- Information and Support, Inc.
- 18220 Harwood Avenue
- Homewood, IL 60430-2104
- (708) 799-8338
- (800) 221-2141
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- CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE OFFICES
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 1918 University Boulevard, Room 108
- University Station
- Birmingham, AL 35294
- (205) 934-6614
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- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center/UCLA
- 1100 Glendon Avenue, Suite 711
- Los Angeles, CA 90024
- (213) 206-0278
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- Penrose Cancer Hospital
- P.O. Box 7021
- Colorado Springs, CO 80933
- (719) 630-5271
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- Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Office of Cancer Communications
- 333 Cedar Street, LEPH 139
- P.O. Box 3333
- New Haven, CT 06510-8027
- (203) 785-6347
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Jackson Towers
- 1500 NW 12th Avenue, Suite 1004
- Miami, FL 33136
- (305) 548-4821
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- Illinois Cancer Council
- 36 South Wabash, Suite 700
- Chicago, IL 60603
- (312) 346-9813, Ext 351
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- University of Kansas Medical Center
- Student Center, Room 203
- 39th and Rainbow Boulevard
- Kansas City, KS 66103
- (913) 588-4570
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- Markey Cancer Center
- Roach Building, Room 170
- 800 Rose Street
- Lexington, KY 40536-0093
- (606) 257-3601
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- Kentucky Cancer Program
- University of Louisville
- 529 South Jackson Street
- Louisville, KY 40292
- (502) 588-6318
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- Johns Hopkins Cancer Information Service
- 550 North Broadway, Room 307
- Baltimore, MD 21205
- (410) 955-3636
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- 44 Binney Street
- Boston, MA 02115
- (617) 732-3214
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- Michigan Cancer Foundation
- 110 E. Warren Avenue
- Detroit, MI 48201
- (313) 833-0710, Ext 432
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- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- Montefiore Medical Center
- 111 East 210th Street
- Bronx, NY 10467
- (212) 920-4826
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- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- Weiler Hospital
- 1825 Eastchester Road
- Bronx, NY 10461
- (212) 904-2754
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- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Office of Cancer Communications
- 1275 York Avenue
- New York, NY 10021
- (212) 639-3540
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- Roswell Park Memorial Institute
- Elm and Carlton Streets
- Buffalo, NY 14263
- (716) 845-3115
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- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Erwin Square, Suite 10
- 2020 West Main Street
- Durham, NC 27705
- (919) 286-5515
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- Ireland Cancer Center
- University Hospitals of Cleveland
- Case Western Reserve University
- 2074 Abington Road
- Cleveland, OH 44106
- (216) 844-5432
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- Ohio Cancer Information Service
- 168 Upham Hall
- 473 West 12th Avenue
- Columbus, OH 43210
- (614) 293-4600
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- 510 Township Line Road
- Cheltenham, PA 19012
- (215) 728-3690
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- The Thompson Cancer Survival Center
- 1915 White Avenue, Suite 107
- Knoxville, TN 37916
- (615) 541-1318 M.D.
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- Anderson Cancer Center
- 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, #229
- Houston, TX 77030
- (713) 792-3363
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- University of Utah Health Sciences Center
- AB 15
- 50 North Medical Drive
- Salt Lake City, UT 84132
- (801) 581-5052
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Mailstop MP-243
- 1124 Columbia Seattle, WA 98104
- (206) 467-4675
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- Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center
- West Virginia University
- 510 Medical Center Drive
- Morgantown, WV 26506
- (304) 293-2370
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- All these centers can also be reached by dialing (800) 4-CANCER.
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- NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DESIGNATED CANCER CENTERS
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Basic Health Sciences Building Room 108
- 1918 University Boulevard
- Birmingham, AL 35294
- (205) 934-6612
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- University of Arizona Cancer Center
- 1501 North Campbell Avenue
- Tucson, AZ 85724 (602) 626-6372
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- University of California at Los Angeles
- 200 Medical Plaza
- Los Angeles, CA 90027
- (213) 206-0278
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- Kenneth T. Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Southern California
- 1441 Eastlake Avenue
- Los Angeles, CA 90033-0804
- (213) 226-2370
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- Penrose Cancer Hospital
- P.O. Box 7021
- Colorado Springs, CO 80933
- (719) 630-5271
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- Yale University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 333 Cedar Street
- New Haven, CT 06510
- (203) 785-6338
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- Lombardi Cancer Research Center
- Georgetown University Medical Center
- 3800 Reservoir Road
- N.W. Washington, DC 20007
- (202) 687-2192
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of Miami Medical School
- 1475 Northwest 12th Avenue
- Miami, FL 33136
- (305) 548-4800
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- Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
- 600 North Wolfe Street
- Baltimore, MD 21205
- (410) 955-8638
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- 44 Binney Street
- Boston, MA 02115
- (617) 732-3214
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- University of Michigan Cancer Center
- 101 Simpson Drive
- Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0752
- (313) 936-9583
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- Meyer L. Prentis Comprehensive Cancer Center of Metropolitan Detroit
- 110 East Warren Avenue
- Detroit, MI 48201
- (313) 745-4329
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- Mayo Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 200 First Street S.W.
- Rochester, MN 55905
- (507) 284-3413
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- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- One Medical Center Drive
- Lebanon, NH 03756
- (603) 646-5505
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- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- Weiler Hospital
- 1825 Eastchester Road
- Bronx, NY 10461
- (212) 904-2754
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- Albert Einstein Cancer Center
- Montefiore Medical Center
- 111 East 210th Street
- Bronx, NY 10467
- (212) 920-4826
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- Roswell Park Cancer Institute
- Elm and Carlton Streets
- Buffalo, NY 14263
- (716) 845-4400
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- Columbia University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- College of Physicians and Surgeons
- 630 West 168th Street
- New York, NY 10032
- (212) 305-6905
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- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- 1275 York Avenue
- New York, NY 10021
- (800) 525-2225
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- Kaplan Cancer Center
- New York University Medical Center
- 462 First Avenue
- New York, NY 10016-9103
- (212) 263-6485
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- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
- University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Chapel Hill, NC 27599
- (919) 966-4431
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- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- P.O. Box 3814
- Durham, NC 27710
- (919) 286-5515
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- Cancer Center of Wake Forest University at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine
- 300 South Hawthorne Road
- Winston-Salem, NC 27103
- (919) 748-4354
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- Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 300 West 10th Avenue
- Columbus, OH 43210
- (614) 293-5485
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- 7701 Burholme Avenue
- Philadelphia, PA 19111
- (215) 728-2570
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- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- 3400 Spruce Street
- Philadelphia, PA 19104
- (215) 662-6364
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- Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- 200 Meyran Avenue
- Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2592
- (800) 537-4063
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- The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- 1515 Holcombe Boulevard
- Houston, TX 77030
- (713) 792-3245
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- Vermont Regional Cancer Center
- University of Vermont
- 1 South Prospect Street
- Burlington, VT 05401
- (802) 656-4580
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- 1124 Columbia Street
- Seattle, WA 98104
- (206) 667-4675
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- Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center
- West Virginia University
- 510 Medical Center Drive
- Morgantown, WV 26506
- (304) 293-2370
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- The University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 600 Highland Avenue
- Madison, WI 53792
- (608) 263-8600
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- CLINICAL CANCER CENTERS
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- City of Hope National Medical Center
- Beckman Research Institute
- 1500 East Duarte Road
- Duarte, CA 91010
- (818) 359-8111, Ext 2292
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- University of California at San Diego Cancer Center
- 225 Dickinson Street
- San Diego, CA 92103
- (619) 543-6178
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- University of Colorado Cancer Center
- 4200 East 9th Avenue, Box B190
- Denver, CO 80262
- (303) 270-7235
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- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Box 444
- Chicago, IL 60637
- (312) 702-6180
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- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- 1300 Morris Park Avenue
- Bronx, NY 10461
- (212) 920-4826
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- University of Rochester Cancer Center
- 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 704
- Rochester, NY 14642
- (716) 275-4911
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- Ireland Cancer Center
- University Hospitals of Cleveland
- Case Western Reserve University
- 2074 Abington Road
- Cleveland, OH 44106
- (216) 844-5432
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- Roger Williams Cancer Center
- Brown University
- 825 Chalkstone Avenue
- Providence, R1 02908
- (401) 456-2071
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- 332 N. Lauderdale Street
- Memphis, TN 38101-0318
- (901) 522-0306
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- Institute for Cancer Research and Care
- 4450 Medical Drive
- San Antonio, TX 78229
- (512) 616-5580
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- Utah Regional Cancer Center
- University of Utah Health Sciences Center
- 50 North Medical Drive, Room 2C110
- Salt Lake City, UT 84132
- (801) 581-4048
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- Massey Cancer Center
- Medical College of Virginia
- Virgirua Commonwealth University
- 1200 E. Broad Street
- Richmond, VA 23298
- (804) 786-9641
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- CONSORTIA
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- Drew-Meharry-Morehouse Consortium Cancer Center
- 1005 D.B. Todd Boulevard
- Nashville, TN 37208
- (615) 327-6927
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- CLINICAL TRIALS AND COOPERATIVE GROUPS
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- Brain Tumor Cooperative Group
- 12501 Prosperity Drive, Suite 200
- Silver Spring, MD 20904
- (301) 680-9770
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- Cancer and Leukemia Group B
- CALGB Central Office
- 444 Mount Support Road, Suite 2
- Lebanon, NH 03766
- (603) 646-6333
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- Children's Cancer Study Group
- University of Southern California
- 199 North Lake Avenue, 3rd Floor
- Pasadena, CA 91101-1859
- (213) 681-3032
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- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group
- Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center
- University of Wisconsin
- Medical Science Center, Room 4725
- 420 North Charter Street
- Madison, WI 53706
- (608) 263-6650
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- Gynecologic Oncology Group
- GOG Headquarters
- 1234 Market Street, 19th Floor
- Philadelphia, PA 19107
- (215) 854-0770
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- Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study
- Department of Pediatrics
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Medical College of Virginia
- MCV Box 646
- Richmond, VA 23298
- (804) 786-9602
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- National Surgical Adjuvant Project for Breast and Bowel Cancers
- University of Pittsburgh
- 914 Scaife Hall, 3550 Terrace Street
- Pittsburgh, PA 15261
- (412) 648-9720
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- National Wilms' Tumor Study Group
- Children's Cancer Research Center
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, 9th Floor
- Philadelphia, PA 19104
- (215) 387-5518
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- North Central Cancer Treatment Group
- Room 75 - Damon
- Mayo Clinic
- 200 First Street
- S.W. Rochester, MN 55905
- (507) 284-4972
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- Pediatric Oncology Group
- The Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Washington University School of Medicine
- 4949 West Pine Street, Suite 2A
- St. Louis, MS 63108
- (314) 367-3446
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- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- RTOG Headquarters
- American College of Radiology
- 1101 Market Street, 14th Floor
- Philadelphia, PA 19107
- (215) 574-3195
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- Southwest Oncology Group
- Cancer Therapy and Research Center
- 5430 Fredericksburg Road
- San Antonio, TX 78229-3533
- (512) 366-9300