American Brain Tumor Association
2720 River Road, # 146
Des Plaines, Illinois 60018
Phone: 800.886.2282
FAX: 847.827.9918
Email: ABTA@aol.com
http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~lberko/abta_tml/abta1.htm
Offers free service including publications about brain tumors, support group lists, referral information, and a pen pal program.

American Cancer Society (ACS)
1599 Clifton Road, Northeast
Atlanta, Georgia 40429
Phone: 800.ACS.2345
http://www.cancer.org
Programs:

American Foundation for Urologic Disease
300 West Pratt Street #401
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2463
Written requests only
Programs:

American Institute for Cancer Research
1759 R Street Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20009
Nutrition Hotline: 800.843.8114
From Washington, D.C.: 202.328.7226
FAX: 202.328.7746
http://www.aicr.org/aicr
The AICR is the only major national organization that supports research and provides public education excusively in the area of diet, nutrition, and cancer.

American Lung Association
1740 Broadway, 14th Floor
New York, New York 10019-4374
Phone: 1.800.LUNG.USA
Phone: 212.315.8700
FAX: 212.265.5642
AmericaOnLine Keyword: ALA
Focussed on preventing lung disease and promoting lung health.

Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR)
173 Duane Street
New York, NY 10013-3334
Phone:  212.226.5525
Fax:  212.219.3109
http://www.acor.org/index.html
Listings of online resources for most kinds of cancer as well as issue-specific groups.

Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC)
11600 Nebel Street #201
Rockville, MD 29852-2559
Phone:  301.984.9496
Fax:  301.770.1949
http://www.assoc-cancer-ctrs.org
ACCC is a national organization representing those who promote quality cancer care in the community.  Provides listing of member organizations and standards for cancer treatment and care.

Biological Therapy Institute Foundation
Post Office Box 681700
Franklin, Tennessee 37068-1700
Phone: 615.790.7535
FAX: 615.794.9110
A leading resource for physician and patient information regarding the use of biopharmaceuticals in cancer therapy.

Black Health Net
http://www.blackhealthnet.com
A health website for African Americans; allows searching for minority physician in your area.

Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Newsletter
1985 Spruce Avenue
Highland Park, Illinois 60035
Phone: 847.831.1913
FAX: 847.831.1943
Email: bmtnews@transit.nyser.net
Publishes a bimonthly newsletter for bone marrow and peripheral stem cell transplant patients as well as, a 157-page book describing BMTs and PBSCTs. Attorney referral services available to help resolve insurance problems, and a "patient to survivor telephone link".

The Brain Tumor Society
84 Seattle Street
Boston, MA 02134-1245
Phone:  800.770.TBTS (8287)
Fax:  617.783.9712
Email:  info@tbts.org
http://www.tbts.org
Exists to find a cure for brain tumors by raising and granting funds for carefully selected research projects, educating the medical community, patients, and families about brain tumors, and to help support patients and families dealing with the catastrophic problem of having a brain tumor.

Cancer Care, Inc.
1180 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Phone: 800.813.HOPE
From New York: 212.301.2400
FAX: 212.719.0263
Email: CancerCare@aol.com
Provides free professional counseling, support groups, education and information and referral to cancer patients and their families to help them cope with the psychological and social consequences of cancer.

Cancer Research Institute
681 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Phone: 800.99.CANCER
From New York: 212.688.7515
FAX: 212.832.9376
http://www.cancerresearch.org
Supports leading-edge research aimed at developing new methods of diagnosing, treating, and preventing cancer.

Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
7910 Woodmont Avenue, #460
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3015
Phone: 800.366.2223
From Washington, D.C. area: 301.657.8401
FAX: 301.718.2686
Provides information, support and advocacy to families of children with cancer, survivors of childhood cancer, and professionals who work with them.

CaP CURE - The Association for the Cure of Cancer of the Prostate
1250 Fourth Street, #360
Santa Monica, California 90401-1384
Phone:  800.757.CURE, 310.458.2873
FAX:  310.458.8074
Email:  capcure@capcure.org
http://www.capcure.org
Identifies and supports prostate cancer research that will rapidly translate into treatments and cures. Together with survivors, scientists and advocates, CaP CURE has established a system that encourages collaboration, reduces bureaucracy and speeds the process of discovery.

The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation
1751 York Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Phone:  212.722.3132
Fax:  212.831.3031
http://www.carcinoid.org
Encourages and supports research and education on carcinoid tumors and related neuro-endocrine tumors.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30332
Phone:  800.311.3435
Fax:  404.639.3311
http://www.cdc.gov
Maintains the Cancer Prevention and Control Program focussed on breast, cervical, prostate, skin, and colorectal cancers.

The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
5225 Connecticut Avenue NW #414
Washington, DC 20015
Phone:  202.966.7338
Fax: 202.966.2589
Email:  cmbm@mindspring.com
http://www.healthy.net/cmbm
A non-profit educational organization dedicated to a model of medicine that combines the precision of modern science with the wisdom of ancient healing; addresses mental, emotional, social, and spiritual as well as physical dimensions of health and illness.

Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation
20312 Watkins Meadow Drive
Germantown, MD 20876
Phone:  301.515.2900
Email:  cbtf@monumental.com
http://www.mnsinc.com/cbtf
Provides information on childhood brain tumors, an ombudsman program supplies help with health insurance issues and with difficulties that may arise during or after treatment.

Children's Hospice International
2202 Mount Vernon Avenue, #3C
Alexandria, VA 22301
Phone:  703.684.0330
Fax:  703.684.0226
http://www.chionline.org/
A non-profit organization providing a network of support and care for children with life-threatening conditions and their parents

CHEMOCare
231 North Avenue West
Westfield, NJ 07090-1428
Outside New Jersey: 800.55.CHEMO
From New Jersey: 908.233.1103
FAX: 908.233.0228
Offers one-to-one emotional support to cancer patients and their families undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation treatment from trained and certified volunteers who have survived the treatments themselves.

Choice in Dying
200 Varick Street, #1001
New York, New York 10014-4810
Phone: 800.989.WILL
From New York: 212.366.5540
FAX: 212.366.5537
Email: cid@choices.org
http://www.choices.org
Advocates the recognition and protection of individual rights at the end of life. Provides counseling for individuals regarding preparing and using living wills and medical powers of attorney for healthcare.

Coping Magazine
Post Office Box 682268
Franklin, Tennessee 37068-2268
Phone: 615.790.2400
FAX: 615.794.0179
Email: Copingmag@aol.com
A bimonthly publication which is the only nationally-distributed consumer magazine for people whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Corporate Angel Network (CAN)
Westchester County Airport Building 1
White Plains, New York 10604
Phone: 914.328.1313
FAX: 914.328.3938
Email: CorpAngl@ix.netcom.com
Helps cancer patients in stable condition find free flights to and from recognized cancer treatment centers, using empty seats on corporate aircraft flying on normal business.

Cure for Lymphoma Foundation
215 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10016-6023
Phone:  212.213.9595
Fax:  212.213.1987
http://www.cfl.org
Dedicated to providing support and education to people affected by Hodgkin's Disease and non-Hodgkins lymphoma and to funding research.

Encore Plus
YMCA of the USA
Office of Women's Health Initiatives
624 Ninth Street NorthWest, 3rd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20001-5394
Phone: 202.628.3636
FAX: 202.783.7123
Program targets medically underserved women in need of early detection education, breast and cervical cancer screening, and support services. Provides women under treatment and recovering from breast cancer with a unique combined peer group support and exercise program.

Families Against Cancer (FACT)
Post Office Box 588
DeWitt, New York 13214
Phone: 315.446.5346 or 315.446.6385
FAX: 315.446.5326
FACT is an advocate for the cancer patient and the public. It promotes a greater national commitment to overcome cancer. FACT reaches out to the public through a newsletter, educational releases and public appearances.

Food and Drug Administration Cancer Liaison Program
5600 Fishers Lane, HF12, Room #9-49
Rockville, MD 20857
Phone:  301.827.4460
Phone:  888.INFO.FDA
Fax:  301.443.4555
http://www.fda.gov/oashi/cancer/cancer.html
Provides information and help to cancer patients and cancer patient advocacy programs about the FDA drug approval process, cancer clinical trials, and access to investigational therapies.

Gilda Radner Familial Ovarian Cancer Registry
Elm and Carlton
Buffalo, NY 14263-0001
Phone:  800.OVARIAN
Fax:  716.845.8266
http://rpci.med.buffalo.edu/clinic/gynonc/grwp.html#wioc
Provides general information on ovarian cancer with an emphasis on familial ovarian cancer; also provides infomration on statistics, risk factors, and support services.

Growth House
San Francisco, CA
Phone:  415.255.9045
Email:  info@growthhouse.org
http://www.growthhouse.org/default.html
Provides an international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life issues.

International Cancer Alliance (ICARE)
4853 Cordell Avenue, #11
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Phone: 800.ICARE.61
FAX: 301.654.8684
http://www.icare.ari.net/icare
Provides a free Cancer Therapy Review which includes information on a specific type of cancer (description, detection and staging, treatment, diagnostic tests, and clinical trials). Cancer Breakthroughs report is sent quarterly.

International Myeloma Foundation
2120 Stanley Hills Drive
Los Angeles, California 90046
Phone: 800.452.CURE
FAX: 213.656.1182
Promotes education for physicians and patients about myeloma, its treatment and management. Funds research, holds clinical and scientific conferences. Publishes a quarterly newsletter, Myeloma Today.

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
5005 LBJ Freeway, #370
Dallas, Texas 75244
Phone: 800.IMAWARE (800.462.9273)
FAX: 214.450.1710
A national volunteer organization working through local chapters and Race for the Cure® events across the country, fighting to eradicate breast cancer by advancing research, education, screening and treatment. The Helpline is answered by trained volunteers who provide information to callers with breast health or breast cancer concerns.

Leukemia Society of America
600 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10016
For educational materials: 800.955.4LSA
For general information: 212.573.8484
FAX: 212.856.9686
http://www.leukemia.com
Dedicated to seeking the cause and eventual cure of leukemia and related cancers. Nationwide programs include: research, patient aid, public and professional education. The Society offers local family support group programs, free of charge, open to patients, families, and friends.

Lymphoma Research Foundation of America, Inc.
8800 Venice Boulevard, #207
Los Angeles, California 90034
Phone: 310.204.7040
FAX: 310.204.7043
Email: LRFA@aol.com
http://users.aol.com/lrfa/lrfa.html
A non-profit organization which funds research grants for projects seeking to cure lymphoma or improve treatments. Provides educational materials, free support groups, a national "buddy system" linking patients and a quarterly newsletter.

Make-A-Wish Foundation
100 West Clarendon #2000
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Phone:  800.722.WISH
Fax:  602.279.0855
Email:  MAWFA@wish.org
http://www.wish.org
Make-A-Wish Foundation's mission is to grant wishes of children with terminal or life-threatening illnesses.

Make Today Count
c/o Connie Zimmerman
Mid-America Cancer Center
1235 East Cherokee
Springfield, Missouri 65804-2263
Phone: 800.432.2273
FAX: 417.888.7426
A mutual support organization that brings together persons affected by a life-threatening illness so they may help each other.

The Male Health Center
400 West LBJ Freeway, #360
Irving, Texas 75063-3764
Phone:  972.751.MALE (6253)
http://www.malehealthcenter.com/Columns/cancer.html#anchor4235956
A commercial site with information for men with cancer.

Mathews Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research
817 Commons Drive
Sacramento, California 95825
Phone: 800.234.6284
FAX: 916.927.5218
Email: mathews@sna.com
Prostate cancer survivors and their families can obtain individual answers to their questions about the disease, its treatment, and symptoms.

Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer
1707 L Street Northwest, #1060
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202.332.5536
FAX: 202.265.6854
Email: mautner@aol.com
Provides vital services and support, including education, information, and advocacy for health issues relating to lesbians with cancer and their families.

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
11 Forest Street
New Canaan, CT 06840
Phone:  203.972.1250
Email:  giustike@netaxis.com
http://www.multiplemyeloma.org
Created to fund research on multiple myeloma to improve patient outcomes and to find a cure for the disease.

The Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) Foundation
Post Office Box 477
464 Main Street
Crosswicks, NJ 08515
Phone:  800.MDS.0839
Fax:  609.298.0590
http://www.mds-foundation.org
Provides information about myelodysplastic syndromes including listings of treatment centers and patient and professional forums.

National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO)
9 East 37th Street, 10th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Phone: 800.719.9154
FAX: 212.689.1213
Email: NABCOinfo@aol.com
Source of information on breast cancer. Advocates for legislative and regulatory concerns of breast cancer community.

National Association for Home Care
228 Seventh Street Southeast
Washington, DC 20003
Phone:  202.547.7424
Fax:  202.547.3540
http://www.nahc.org/Consumer/coninfo.html
This site provides information on how to choose providers for home care and for hospice care.

National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses, Inc.
4013 West Jackson Street
Muncie, Indiana 47304
Phone: 800.542.9730
FAX: 317.287.0321
Provides information on lodging and support available for families receiving medical care away from home.

National Bone Marrow Transplant Link (BMT Link)
29209 Northwestern Highway #624
Southfield, Michigan 48034
Phone and FAX: 800.LINK.BMT
Reduces the burdens of those affected by bone marrow transplantation and promotes public understanding and peer support.

National Brain Tumor Foundation
785 Market Street #1600
San Francisco, California 94103
Phone: 800.934.CURE
From San Francisco: 415.284.0208
FAX: 415.284.0209
Raises funds for brain tumor research and provides patient support by offering contact with other brain tumor patients, information about brain tumors and treatment, national and local conferences, a national listing of support groups, assistance starting support groups, and a national newsletter.

National Breast Cancer Coalition
1707 L Street Northwest #1060
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202.296.7477
FAX: 202.265.6854
A grassroots advocacy movement of more than 300 member organizations and thousands of individuals working through a National Action Network, dedicated to the eradication of breast cancer through research, access, and influence.

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Information Service
31 Center Drive, MSC 2580
Building 31, Room 10A16
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2580
Phone: 800.4.CANCER
CANCERFAX: 301.402.5874 (Call from your fax machine.)
Provides a nationwide telephone service for cancer patients and their families and friends, the public and healthcare professionals that answers questions and sends booklets about cancer. CANCERFAX provides treatment summaries, with current data on prognosis, relevant staging and histologic classifications, news and announcements of important cancer-related issues. Call CANCERFAX from your fax machine.

National Cancer Survivors Day (NCSD) Foundation
Post Office Box 682285
Franklin, Tennessee 37068-2285
Phone: 615.794.3006
FAX: 615.794.0179
NCSD is America's nationwide, annual celebration of life for cancer survivors, their families, friends, and oncology teams. NCSD is celebrated on the first Sunday in June of each year in communities throughout America.

National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC)
16501 Sherman Way, #110
Van Nuys, CA  91406
Phone:  818.909.3849
Fax:  818.780.8199
Email:  acermerena@nccc-online.org
http://www.nccc-online.org/
Grassroots coalition providing education about cervical cancer screening using the Pap smear and about cervical cancer and its treatment.

National Childhood Cancer Foundation
440 East Huntington Drive #300
Arcadia, CA 91066-6012
Phone:  800.458.6233
Fax:  800.723.2822
Email:  webmaster@nccf.org
http://www.nccf.org/nccf/toc.htm
NCCF supports pediatric cancer treatment and research projects and provides a network for pediatric cancer specialists; the website provides a search engine for clinical trials and Children's Cancer Group specialists.

National Coalition for Cancer Research (NCCR)
426 C Street Northeast
Washington, D.C. 20002
Phone: 202.544.1880
FAX: 202.543.2565
NCCR is comprised of lay and professional groups dedicated to furthering the cause of cancer research, and it provides a forum for organizations to advance cancer research through collaborative action in public education and advocacy, leading to the eradication of cancer and its efforts.

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)
1010 Wayne Avenue #505
Silver Spring, MD 20910-5600
Phone:  888.YES.NCCS
Fax:  301.565.9670
Email:  info@cansearch.org
http://www.cansearch.org
A grassroots network of individuals and organizations providing advocacy for people with all types of cancer.

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
50 Huntingdon Pike, #200
Rockledge, PA 19046
Phone:  888.909.NCCN
Fax:  215.728.3877
http://www.nccn.org
Formed to create cancer-management strategies for large employers and third-party payers.  Its mission is to integrate the experience of member cancer centers to insure delivery of high-quality, cost-effective services to cancer patients.

National Family Caregivers Association
9621 East Bexhill Drive
Kensington, Maryland 20895
Phone: 800.896.3650
FAX: 301.942.2302
Provides information, education, support, and validation to America's family caregivers, the general public, professionals, and policy makers.

National Hospice Organization (NHO)
1901 North Moore Street #901
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Phone: 800.658.8898
FAX: 703.525.5762
Provides general information about hospice programs and offers referrals.

National Kidney Cancer Association
1234 Sherman Avenue, #203
Evanston, Illinois 60202-1375
Phone: 847.332.1051
FAX: 847.332.2978
BBS: 847.332.1052
Works to increase the survival of kidney cancer patients and improve their care by providing information, sponsoring research, and acting as an advocate on behalf of patients.

National Library of Medicine
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
Phone:  888.FIND.NLM
Fax:  301.594.5983
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Provides access to the National Library of Medicine for literature searches on clinical practice, education, and research free of charge.  Includes free access to Medline.

National Lymphedema Network
2211 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115-3427
Phone:  800.541.3259
Phone:  415.921.1306
Fax:  415.921.4284
http://www.lymphnet.org
Provides education and guidance to lymphedema patients, health care professionals, and the public by disseminating information on the prevention and management of primary and secondary lymphedema.

National Marrow Donor Program
3433 Broadway Street Northeast, #500
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413
Phone: 800.MARROW.2
FAX: 612.627.5815
A congressionally authorized network which maintains a computerized databank of available tissue-typed marrow donor volunteers nationwide.

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
Post Office Box 4472
Boca Raton, FL 33429-4472
Phone:  888.OVARIAN
Email:  nocc@ovarian.org
http://www.ovarian.org
Founded by ovarian cancer survivors to gain national recognition for ovarian cancer; offers information on resources and education and a newsletter.
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National Patient Air Transport Hotline (NPATH)
Post Office Box 1940
Manassas, Virginia 22110
Phone: 800.296.1217
FAX: 703.361.1792
Makes referrals to all know appropriate charitable, charitably assisted, and special patient discount commercial air transport services based on an evaluation of patient's needs.

Office of Cancer Survivorship
6130 Executive Boulevard, #211E
Bethesda, MD 20852
Phone:  301.496.0598
Fax:  301.496.8675
Email:  na45f@nih.gov

http://dcp.nci.nih.gov/OCS/
Provdes focus on research and education for professionals who deal with cancer patients and survivors as well as survivors themselves.

Outlook:  Life beyond Childhood Cancer
http:/www.outlook-life.org/about/about.html
Addresses the needs of survivors of childhood cancers and their families, including information on insurance, finances, health issues, school and job concerns, and personal stories; web site provides a section for personal home pages of survivors

PDQ (Physician Data Query)
Phone: 800.4.CANCER
http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/
PDQ is the National Cancer Institute's computerized listing of up-to-date and accurate information for patients and health professionals on the latest types of cancer treatments, clinical trials, new and promising treatments, and organizations and doctors involved in caring for people with cancer. To access PDQ, doctors may use an office computer or the services of a medical library. Doctors and patients can also get information by calling the above number.

Patient Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatments (PAACT)
1143 Parmelee Northwest
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504
Phone: 616.453.1447
FAX: 616.453.1846
An association for both patients and physicians for diagnostic and therapeutic treatments of prostate cancer.

Ronald McDonald House Charities
One Kroc Drive
Oak Brook Illinois 60521
Phone: 708.575.7048
FAX: 708.575.7488
Offers a refuge from the hospital, a "home-away-from-home".

The Ronald S. Hirshberg Memorial Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Phone:  310.472.6310
http://www.pancreatic.org
Dedicated pancreatic cancer research and serving as an information/advocacy research for pancreatic cancer patients and their families.

The Rory Foundation
12411 Ventura Boulevard
Studio City, CA 91604.2407
Phone:  888.RORY.123
http://www.roryfoundation.org
Phone:  877.CANCR.411
Fax:  818.763.0238
Email:  leifer@cancer411.com
http://www.cancer411.com
Increase public awareness of, and access to, alternative and conventional choices available for the treatment of cancer.

SISTAS CanSurvive Coalition, Inc.
2207 Lizmar Lane
Montgomery, Alabama 36106
1-800-475-2535
(334) 270- 3197
Fax: (334)-672-6224
Email: cnelson@wsnet.com
http://www.zebra.net/~cnelson

Sisters Network
8787 Woodway Drive #4207
Houston, TX  77063
Phone:  713.781.0255
Fax:  713.780.8998
http://users.aol.com/sistersnet/sis.html
A national African-American breast cancer survivors support group committed to increasing local and national attention to the impact of breast cancer in the African-American community.

The Starlight Foundation
http://www.starlight.org
Dedicated to brightening the lives of seriously ill children through wish-granting and in-hospital entertainment.

Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SCO)
401 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Phone:  312.644.6610
Email:  sgo@sba.com

http://www.sgo.org
Improve care of women with gynecologic cancers, raise the standards of practice in gynecologic oncology, and encourage research; provides listing of physician members.

Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer, Inc.
Post Office Box 53
Locust Valley, New York 11560-0053
Phone and FAX: 516.759.5333
Email: spohnc@ix.netcom.com

The Chemotherapy Foundation
183 Madison Avenue, #403
New York, New York 10016
Phone: 212.213.9292
FAX: 212.689.5164
Supports chemotherapy, laboratory, and clinical research to develop more effective methods of diagnosis and therapy for the control and care of cancer. Conducts continuing educational programs for medical professionals and provides free patient/public information booklets.

The Oley Foundation
214 Hun Memorial
Albany Medical Center A-23
Albany, New York 12208
Phone: 800.776.OLEY
FAX: 518.262.5528
http://www.wizvax.net/oleyfdn
Support for home parenteral and/or enteral nutrition therapy consumers and their families through a newsletter, conferences, meetings, outreach, and support activities.

The Skin Cancer Foundation
Post Office Box 561
New York, New York 10156
Phone: 800.SKIN.490
FAX: 212.725.5751
Conducts educational campaigns and public seminars to increase public awareness. Provides support for medical training and research. Helps to reduce the incidence, morbidity, and mortality of skin cancer through distribution of educational brochures, videos, and other educational material. Membership presents excellent opportunities for access to the Foundation's extensive resources.

The Wellness Community
2716 Ocean Park Boulevard, #1040
Santa Monica, California 90405-5211
Phone: 310.314.2555
FAX: 310.314.7586
Provides free psychosocial support to people fighting to recover from cancer as an adjunct to conventional medical treatment. 16 facilities nationwide.

United Ostomy Association, Inc.
36 Executive Park, #120
Irvine, California 92714
Phone: 800.826.0826
From northern Orange County: 714.660.8624
FAX: 714.660.9262
Association of ostomy chapters dedicated to complete rehabilitation of all ostomates.

Vital Options
Post Office Box 19233
Encino, California 91416-9233
Phone:  800.477.7666
From the San Fernando Valley or outside the US:  818.508.5657
Fax:   818.788.5260
Provides broadcast of The Group Room each Sunday from 1pm to 3pm Pacific Time (4pm to 6pm Eastern Time). The Group Room is a call-in radio show with oncologists, a therapist, and other professionals who help provide answers to patients with cancer.  The show is also broadcast over the Internet at http://www.vitaloptions.org during the live broadcast.  Previous shows can be heard by browsing the archive or ordering a tape from Vital Options.

US TOO International, Inc
930 North York Road, #50
Hinsdale, Illinois 60521-2993
Phone: 800.808.7866
From suburban Chicago: 708.323.1002
FAX: 703.323.1003
Provides prostate cancer survivors and their families emotional and educational support through an international network of support groups.

Y-ME
National Breast Cancer Organization
212 West Van Buren, Fourth Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60607
Phone: 800.221.2141
24-hour hotline: 312.986.8228
FAX: 312.986.0020
http://www.y-me.org
Hotline counseling, educational programs, and self-help meetings for breast cancer patients, their families and friends.
Y-Me Men's Support Line
M-F 9am-5pm CST
Men can call the Y-Me 800 number and request to speak to a male counselor. The counselor most closely matched in experience to the caller will return the call within 24 hours.