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