Where to go for information
The following organizations can help you obtain information about support groups, patient telephone networks, and other cancer resources in your area.• American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
(800) 227-2345
(Also provides free booklets on cancer.)
• Office of Cancer Communications
National Cancer Institute
Building 31, Room 10A24
Bethesda, MD 20892
(800) 422-6237
(Also provides free booklets on cancer)
•The National Coalition for Cancer
Survivorship
1010 Wayne Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 650-8868
(301) 565-9670 (Fax)
To learn more about this nonprofit organization, request an information packet.
• Y-ME
National Breast Cancer Organization
212 W. Van Buren St.
4th Floor
Chicago, IL 60607-3908
(800) 221-2141/ (312) 986-8338
(312) 294-8597 (Fax)
Y-ME maintains a large database of resources available for breast cancer patients throughout the United States.
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