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Local, Regional and National Cancer Support Organizations
(By Type of Cancer)
Updated 4/11/07
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Bladder
Brain
Breast
Childhood Cancers
Colon
Esophageal
Kidney
Gynecologic
Head & Neck
Lung
Leukemia & Lymphoma
Multiple Myeloma
Ovarian
Pancreatic
Prostate
Skin
Thyroid
Urologic
Bladder
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
4813 St. Elmo Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 215-9099
http://www.bcan.org
Brain
American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA)
2720 River Road
Des Plaines, IL 60018
847-827-9910
1-800-886-2282 (1-800-886-ABTA)
http://www.abta.org
National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF)
Suite 612
22 Battery Street
San Francisco, CA 94111-5520
415-834-9970 1-800-934-2873 (1-800-934-CURE)
http://www.braintumor.org
Breast
Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes
612 West State St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-277-0960
http://www.crcfl.net
National Breast Cancer Coalition
Suite 1300
1101 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-296-7477 1-800-622-2838
http://www.stopbreastcancer.org
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Suite 250
5005 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75244
972-855-1600 1-800-462-9273
http://www.breastcancerinfo.com
Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization
Suite 500
212 West Van Buren Street
Chicago, IL 60607
312-986-8338
1-800-221-2141 (English) 1-800-986-9505 (Spanish)
http://www.y-me.org
Childhood Cancers
Children's Brain Tumor Foundation
Suite 1301
274 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-448-9494 1-866-228-4673 (1-866-228-HOPE)
http://www.cbtf.org
Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation
Suite 450
1850 Sawtelle Road
Los Angeles, CA 90025
310-479-1212 1-800-315-2580
http://www.slsb.org
Colon
Colon Cancer Alliance (CCA)
175 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
212-627-7451 (main office) 1-877-422-2030 (helpline)
http://www.ccalliance.org
Colorectal Cancer Network
Post Office Box 182
Kensington, MD 20895-0182
301-879-1500
http://www.colorectal-cancer.net
Esophageal
Esophageal Cancer Awareness Association
PO Box 3842
Ithaca, NY 14852
1-866-370-3222
http://www.ecaware.org
Kidney
Kidney Cancer Association
Suite 203
1234 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60202-1375
847-332-1051 1-800-850-9132
http://www.curekidneycancer.org
Gynecologic Cancers
Eyes on the Prize
http://www.eyesontheprize.org
Women's Cancer Network
230 West Monroe, Suite 2528
Chicago, IL 60606
http://www.wcn.org/
Head & Neck Cancers
Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC)
Post Office Box 53
Locust Valley, NY 11560-0053
1-800-377-0928
http://www.spohnc.org
Oral Cancer Foundation
http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/
Lung
The Lung Cancer Alliance
Suite 800
888 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-463-2080 1-800-298-2436
http://www.lungcanceralliance.org
American Lung Association
61 Broadway, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10006
1-800-548-8252 212-315-8700
http://www.lungusa.org
Leukemia & Lymphoma
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Central NY Chapter
Learsbury Center
401 N. Salina St.
Syracuse, NY 13203-1770
315-471-1050 1-800-690-8944 |
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Lymphoma Foundation of America
1100 North Main Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-222-1100 (main office) 1-800-385-1060 (patient hotline)
http://www.lymphomahelp.org
Multiple Myeloma
International Myeloma Foundation
12650 Riverside Drive, Suite 206
North Hollywood, CA 91607-3421
800-452-2873
http://www.myeloma.org
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Suite 201
51 Locust Avenue
New Canaan, CT 06840
203-972-1250
http://www.multiplemyeloma.org
Ovarian
SHARE
Self-Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer
1501 Broadway
Suite 704A
New York, NY 10036
866-537-4273 (Ovarian Cancer Hotline)
Share's Ovarian
Cancer Program
http://www.sharecancersupport.org/index.php
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC)
Suite 8
500 Northeast Spanish River Boulevard
Boca Raton, FL 33431
561-393-0005 1-888-682-7426 (1-888-OVARIAN)
http://www.ovarian.org
Ovarian Cancer National Alliance (OCNA)
Suite 413
910 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-331-1332
http://www.ovariancancer.org
Pancreatic
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN)
Suite 131
2221 Rosecrans Avenue
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-725-0025 1-877-272-6226 (1-877-2-PANCAN)
http://www.pancan.org
Prostate
Man to Man Prostate Support Group
American Cancer Society
Ithaca: Call 539-6871 or 800-725-3181
Group meets the third Wednesday of the month at Lifelong.
National Prostate Cancer Coalition
1154 Fifteenth St., NW
Washington DC 20005
888-245-9455 202-463-9455
http://www.fightprostatecancer.org
Prostate Cancer Foundation
1250 Fourth Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310-570-4700 1-800-757-2873 (1-800-757-CURE)
http://www.prostatecancerfoundation.org/
Skin
American Melanoma Foundation
2160 Fletcher Parkway, Suite O
El Cajon, CA 92020
619-448-0991
http://www.melanomafoundation.org
The Skin Cancer Foundation
Suite 1403
245 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-725-5176 1-800-754-6490 (1-800-SKIN-490)
http://www.skincancer.org
Thyroid
Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc.
Post Office Box 1545
New York, NY 10159-1545
http://www.thyca.org
Urologic
American Urological Association Foundation
Suite 410
1000 Corporate Boulevard
Linthicum, MD 21090
410-689-3990 1-800-828-7866
http://www.afud.org