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Cancer Information and Support Services
The cancer information and support services listed here are a small portion of what exists. To find out about more services in your area, contact your local Canadian Cancer Society office or call the Cancer Information Service at 1-888-939-9333.
Canadian Cancer Society Offices:
National Office:
Canadian Cancer SocietyDivision Offices:
British
Columbia and Yukon Canadian Cancer Society
565 West
10th Avenue
Vancouver,
BC V5Z 4J4
Phone:
(604) 872-4400
Fax:
(604) 879-4533
Alberta
and Northwest Territories Canadian Cancer Society
Suite
200 2424-4th Street SW
Calgary,
AB T2S 2T4
Phone:
(403) 228-4487
Fax:
(403) 228-4506
Saskatchewan
Canadian Cancer Society
Suite
201 2445-13th Avenue
Regina,
SK S4P 0W1
Phone:
(306) 757-4260
Fax:
(306) 569-2133
Manitoba
Canadian Cancer Society
193 Sherbrook
Street
Winnipeg,
MB R3C 2B7
Phone:
(204) 774-7483
Fax:
(204) 774-7500
Ontario
Canadian Cancer Society
1639
Yonge Street
Toronto,
ON M4T 2W6
Phone:
(416) 488-5400
Fax:
(416) 488-2872
Québec
Canadian Cancer Society
5151,
boulevard de l'Assomption
Montréal,
PQ H1T 4A9
Phone:
(514) 255-5151
Fax:
(514) 255-2808
New Brunswick
Canadian Cancer Society
P.O.
Box 2089
63 Union
Street
Saint
John, NB E2L 3T5
Phone:
(506) 634-6272
Fax:
(506) 634-3808
Nova
Scotia Canadian Cancer Society
Suite
1
5826
South Street
Halifax,
NS B3H 1S6
Phone:
(902) 423-6183
Fax:
(902) 429-6563
Prince
Edward Island Canadian Cancer Society
1 Rochford
Street, Box 1
Charlottetown,
PEI C1A 3T1
Phone:
(902) 566-4007
Fax:
(902) 628-8281
Newfoundland
& Labrador Canadian Cancer Society
Chimo
Building, 2nd Floor
P.O.
Box 8921
Freshwater
& Crosbie Road
St. John's,
NF A1B 3R9
Phone:
(709) 753-6520
Fax:
(709) 753-9314
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American
Cancer Society
National
Office
1599 Clifton
Road NE
Atlanta,GA
30329-4251
Phone:
1-800-227-2345
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Cancer
Information Service (CIS)
328 Mountain
Park Avenue, Third Floor
Hamilton,
ON L8V 4X2
Phone:
(905) 387-1153 or (888) 939-3333
Fax: (905)
387-0376
Answers to your questions about cancer in English and French. Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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American
Cancer Information Service
1-800-422-6237
The Cancer Information Service covers the entire United States. Based on the area code from which you are dialing, you will be connected to the regional center which covers your area. All offices are open from 9:00 AM until 7:00 PM.
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American
Bone Marrow Donor Registry Search Coordinating Center
University
of Massachusetts Medical Center
55 Lake
Avenue, North
Worchester,
MA 01655
Phone:
(508) 756-6444
United
Ostomy Association of Canada, Inc.
P.O.
Box 46057
College
Park Post Office
444 Yonge
Street
Toronto,
ON M5B 2L8
Phone:
(416) 595-5452
Fax:
(416) 595-9924
Brain
Tumour Foundation of Canada
Suite
600
111 Waterloo
Street
London,
ON N6B 2M4
Phone:
(519) 642-7755
Fax:
(519) 642-7192
There are a variety of breast-cancer support and information services in each community. Listed here are breast-cancer information exchange projects, funded by Health Canada to encourage the many organizations providing breast-cancer information to work together. Please check with the Cancer Information Service, your local Canadian Cancer Society office, or your cancer treatment centre to discover all possible services in your area.
British Columbia and Yukon
B.C.
Yukon Breast Cancer Information Project
c/o Canadian
Cancer Society
B.C./Yukon
Division
565 West
10th Avenue
Vancouver,
BC V5Z 4J4
Phone:
(604) 872-4400
Fax:
(604) 879-9267
Prairie Provinces and Northwest Territories
Prairies/NWT
Breast Cancer Info Link
c/o Canadian
Cancer Society
Alberta/NWT
Division
Suite
200 2424-4th Street SW
Calgary,
AB T2S 2T4
Ontario
Ontario
Breast Cancer Information Exchange Pilot Project
c/o Toronto-Bayview
Regional Cancer Centre
2075
Bayview Avenue
Toronto,
ON M4N 8M5
Phone:
(416) 480-5899
Fax:
(416) 480-6002
Willow
Ontario
Breast Cancer Support and Resource Centre
785 Queen
Street East
Toronto,
ON M4M 1H5
Phone:
(416) 778-5000 or (888) 778-3100
Fax:
(416) 778-8070
Québec
Réseau
d´échange d´information du Québec sur le cancer du sein
c/o Hôtel-Dieu
de Montréal
3840
rue St. Urbain
Pavillion
de Bullion, bureau 6-108
Montréal,
PQ H2W 1T8
Phone:
(514) 843-2930
Fax:
(514) 843-2932
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic
Breast Cancer Information Project
c/o Canadian
Cancer Society
PEI Division
Suite
1
1 Rochford
Street
Charlottetown,
PEI C1A 3T1
Phone:
(902) 892-9531
Fax:
(902) 628-8281
National
Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO)
93 E.
37th Street, 10th Floor
New York,
NY 10016
Phone:
(212) 719-0154
Candlelighters
Childhood Cancer Foundation Canada
Suite
200
10 Alcorn
Avenue
Toronto,
ON M4V 3B1
Phone:
(416) 489-6440
Fax:
(416) 489-9812
National
Kidney Cancer Association
Suite
200
1234
Sherman Avenue
Evanston,
IL 60202
Phone:
(708) 332-1051
Fax:
(708) 328-4425
Leukemia
Society of America
600 Third
Avenue
New York,
NY 10016
Phone:
(800) 955-4LSA
Fax:
(212) 573-8484
Canadian
Liver Foundation
Suite
200
365 Bloor
Street East
Toronto,
ON M4W 3L4
Phone:
(416) 964-1953
Fax:
(416) 964-0024
American
Lung Association
1740
Broadway
New York,
NY 10019-4374
Phone:
(212) 315-8700
American
Foundation for Urologic Disease
300 West
Pratt Street, Suite 401
Baltimore,
MD 21201-2463
Phone:
1-800-242-2383
American
Urological Association
1120
North Charles Street
Baltimore,
MD 21201
Phone:
(410) 223-4310
The Mathews
Foundation for Prostate Cancer Research
1010
Hurley Way, Suite 195
Sacramento,
CA 95825
Phone:
1-800-234-6284
Man to
Man
c/o Canadian
Cancer Society
Suite
101
20 Holly
Street
Toronto,
ON M4S 3B1
Us Too
Prostate
Cancer Support Group
c/o Canadian
Cancer Society
Manitoba
Division
193 Sherbrook
Street
Winnipeg,
MB R3C 2B7
Phone:
(204) 774-7483
Fax:
(204) 774-7500
Canadian
Dermatology Association
774 Echo
Drive
5th Floor,
Suite 521
Ottawa,
ON K1S 5N8
Phone:
(613) 730-6262
Fax:
(613) 730-1116
American
Health Information Management Association
Office
of Legislative Affairs
919 North
Michigan Avenue, Suite 1400
Chicago,
IL 60611
Phone:
(312) 787-2672
American
Psychiatric Association
Division
of Public Affairs, Dept. ACS
1400
K Street, NW
Washington,
DC 20005
Phone:
(202) 682-6325
Canadian
Palliative Care Association
5 Blackburn
Avenue
Ottawa,
ON K1N 8A2
Phone:
(613) 230-3343 or (800) 668-2785
Fax:
(613) 230-4376
Cancer
Coping Skills Program
Division
of Epidemiology & Statistics
Princess
Margaret Hospital
620 University
Avenue
Toronto,
ON M5G 2C1
Phone:
(416) 926-6520
Fax:
(416) 413-2024
HopeSpring
167 King
Street South
Waterloo,
ON N2J 1P7
Phone:
(519) 742-4673 or (888) 680-4673
Fax:
(519) 742-7154
Hope
and Cope
Jewish
General Hospital
3755
Côte Ste-Catherine Road
Montréal,
PQ H3T 1E2
Phone: (514) 340-8255
Hope
Cancer Health Society
1723
West 4th Avenue
Vancouver,
BC V6J 1M2
Phone:
(604) 732-3412
Fax:
(604) 732-3480
International
Myeloma Foundation
2120
Stanley Hills Drive
Los Angeles,
CA 90046
Phone:
1-800-452-CURE
Look
Good . . . Feel Better
Suite
510 5090 Explorer Drive
Mississauga,
ON L4W 4T9
Phone:
(905) 629-0111
Fax:
(905) 629-0112
National
Chronic Pain Outreach Association
7979
Old Georgetown Road, Suite 100
Bethesda,
MD 20814
Phone:
(540) 997-5004
National
Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
1010
Wayne Avenue, 5th Floor
Silver
Spring, MD 20910
Phone:
(301) 650-8868
National
Women's Health Network
514 10th
Street NW Suite 400
Washington,
D.C. 20004
Phone:
1-202-347-1140
Patient
Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatments
1143
Parmelee, NW
Grand
Rapids, MI 49504
Phone:
(616) 453-1477
Self-Help
Clearinghouse
Norhwest
Covenant Medical Center
25 Pocono
Road
Denville,
NJ 07834
Phone:
(201) 625-7101
SIECUS
(Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States)
Suite
350
130 West
42nd Street
New York,
NY 10036
Phone:
(212) 819-9770
Wellspring
81 Wellesley
Street East
Toronto,
ON M4Y 1H6
Phone:
(416) 961-1928
Fax:
(416) 961-3721
Wellwood
Resource Centre
c/o Box
73005
Limeridge
Mall P.O.
Hamilton,
ON L9A 5H7
Phone:
(905) 627-2090
Fax: (905)
575-3370
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