The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has a toll-free telephone service for people with cancer and their families, the public, and health care professionals. You can access the latest information about cancer and local resources by calling 800-4-CANCER. You may also be connected to the regional NCI center that serves your area.

National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-496-4000
800-4-CANCER
800-422-6237
http://www.nci.nih.gov/

Comprehensive Cancer Centers

Comprehensive Cancer Centers have been designated as such by the National Cancer Institute. They are required to have basic laboratory research in several fields; to be able to transfer research findings into clinical practice; to conduct clinical studies and trial; to research cancer prevention and control; to offer information about cancer to patients, the public, and health care professionals; and to provide community service related to cancer control.

Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California at Los Angeles
10833 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1781
800-825-2631
310-825-5268

City of Hope National Medical Center
1500 E. Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
http://www.cityofhope.org/home.htm

UC Davis Cancer Center
4501 X Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/cancer/

Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California, Irvine (UCI)
101 The City Drive, S
Orange, CA 92868
http://cancer.ucsd.edu/

Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital
11301 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles,  CA  90073
http://www.gla.med.va.gov/