National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information
Service
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Information
Service (CIS) is a national information and education
network, providing the latest and most accurate cancer
information to patients, their families, the public,
and health professionals.
Telephone
U.S. residents may call the CIS toll free at 1–800–4–CANCER (1–800–422–6237).
CIS information specialists answer calls Monday through
Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Callers with TTY equipment
may call 1–800–332–8615. Callers also
have the option of listening to recorded information
about cancer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
LiveHelp® Online Support
CIS information specialists also offer online assistance
in English, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00
p.m. Eastern Time through the LiveHelp link
at www.cancer.gov on
the Internet.
Información En Español
El Servicio de Información sobre el Cáncer
del NCI ofrece servicio telefónico en español.
En Estados Unidos y sus territorios, llame al 1-800-4-CANCER
(1-800-422-6237), de lunes a viernes, de las nueve de
la mañana a las cuatro treinta de la tarde hora
local. Las personas sordas o con problemas de audición
que cuentan con equipo TTY pueden llamar al 1-800-332-8615.
NCI Cancer Information Service Partnership Program
The NCI/CIS is committed to taking information about
cancer to as many people as possible, especially minority
and medically underserved populations. To increase their
reach and impact, the CIS Partnership Program at Stanford
forms partnerships with organizations in the Bay Area
and Central Coast. Learn more about the CIS Partnership
Program.
Cancer Clinical Trials Education With Partners Organizations
To help raise general awareness of clinical trials,
the NCI has the Clinical Trials Education
Series (CTES). CTES is designed
to help health professionals and other organizations
educate patient and community groups. Learn more about
how the CIS Partnership Program at Stanford is able to
provide assistance with Clinical Trials Education to
cancer control professionals, nurses, other professionals
and community educators in the Greater Bay Area.
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