Useful Links
What Resources
are Available to Brain Tumor Patients?
Information about brain tumors is available from many sources. Several
are listed below. You may also wish to check for additional information
at your local library or bookstore and from support groups in your community.
CANCER
INFORMATION SERVICE (CIS)
1-800-4-CANCER
The Cancer Information Service, a program of the National Cancer Institute,
is a nationwide telephone service for cancer patients, their families
and friends, the public, and health care professionals. The staff can
answer questions in English and Spanish and can send booklets about cancer.
They also know about local resources and services. One toll-free number,
1-800-4- CANCER (1-800- 422-6237), connects callers with the office that
serves their area.
AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY (ACS)
1599 Clifton Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30329
1-800-ACS-2345
The American Cancer Society is a voluntary organization with a national
office and local units all over the country. It supports research, conducts
educational programs, and offers many services to patients and their families.
To obtain free booklets about services and activities in local areas,
call the Society's toll- free number, 1-800-ACS- 2345 (1-800-227-2345),
or the number listed under "American Cancer Society" in the
white pages of the telephone book.
AMERICAN
BRAIN TUMOR ASSOCIATION (ABTA)
2720 River Road, Suite 146
Des Plains, Illinois 60018
1-800-886-ABTA or 847-827-9910
The American Brain Tumor Association supports research on brain tumors
and provides information to the public through booklets and newsletters.
This organization also provides resource listings of doctors, treatment
facilities, and support groups throughout the country.
CANDLELIGHTERS
CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION (CCCF)
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 460 Bethesda, MD 20814
1-800-366-CCCF
Candlelighters is a national organization of parents whose children have
or have had cancer. It operates a patient information service and publishes
newsletters for parents and young people. Local chapters sponsor family
support groups.
NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS)
NINDS Information Center
P. O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20824
1-800-352-9424
The mission of NINDS is to reduce the burden of neurological disease
NEW
APPROACHES TO BRAIN TUMOR THERAPY - NABTT
Central Office: Johns Hopkins Hospital
Bunting Blaustein Building, G87
1650 Orleans Street
Baltimore, MD 21231-1000
Telephone: 410-955-3657
The "New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy (NABTT)" CNS Consortium's
goal is to improve the therapeutic outcome for adults with primary brain
tumors. This consortium is one of two nationwide that is funded by the
National Cancer Institute to conduct Phase I and II clinical evaluations
of promising new treatment strategies.
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