1. The United States National Cancer Research Center, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
The United States National Cancer Research Center is the U.S. federal government organizations, to provide the public and healthcare professionals of all kinds of advanced cancer-related information. Many hospitals have a set of English NCI information for the public to pick. Services also include for you introduce the most advanced treatment methods, are the experimental stage of clinical trials therapy, you cited the case of suitable treatment options, select the treatment of cancer, such as the list of institutions and doctors. You can use the telephone, fax, computer network or a letter in English to obtain information on various types of cancer.
Telephone service: Cancer Information Services (CIS)
Tel: 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/
You can network directly from your computer to print various types of inquiries, cancer information in English.
Printing of publications obtained from:
NCI Public Inquiries Office
6116 Executive Boulevard
Room 3036A
Bethesda, MD 20892-8322
2. American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, Inc. (ACS)
National Headquarters
1599 Clifton Road, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30329
Tel: 1-800-ACS-2345 (1-800-227-2345)
http://www.cancer.org/
American Cancer Society provides many services, including educational publications, and educational seminars for cancer patients, make arrangements for the treatment of patients at the time of transfer, the Friends of breast cancer care visits and with cancer in various parts of the Friends Association.
3. Cancer Care, Inc.
275 Seventh Ave.,
New York, NY 10001
The Cancer Care Counseling Line: 1-800-813-HOPE (1-800-813-4673)
http://www.cancercare.org/
This non-profit organization by the full-time social worker to provide various free English advice, education programs, Assistance Unit, Medicaid, and other services to cancer patients and their families.
4. Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization Hotline Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
212 W. Van Buren, Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 60607-3908
Tel: 312-986-8338
Fax: 312-294-8597
Tel: 1-800-221-2141
http://www.y-me.org/chinese/index.php
This non-profit institutions in the nation's 10 state-owned division to provide various free telephone counseling for breast cancer in Chinese and English, educational materials, meaning milk, wig.
Palliative care (HOSPICE) institutions
When the cancer to stop all treatment, doctors often refer patients to palliative care (Hospice) care for the body. These palliative care agencies throughout the United States is also the world, mainly for the provision of terminal cancer patients in the final journey in this life, physical care and emotional support. These provide the tranquility of the nursing staff will take care of regular home visits to patients to help alleviate the pain on the patient's body, and to ensure that patients have a better quality of life. Palliative care agencies have the experience of most members of the nursing staff. Most health insurance companies pay all the expenses. Otherwise, some non-profit (non-profit) of palliative care services will be those who do not have health insurance of the patient or by billing the patient's income.
1. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
1700 Diagonal Rd., Suite 625
Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: (703) 837-1500
Fax: (703) 837-1233
http://www.nhpco.org/
2. Hospice Foundation of America
2001 S St., NW # 300
Washington, D.C. 20009
Tel: 1-800-854-3402
Fax: (202) 638-5312
http://www.hospicefoundation.org/
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