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ARGENTINA
Centro Oncológico Buenos Aires
Hipolito Yrigoyen 4221
Buenos Aires, Argentina, C1212ACA
Contact: Dr. Adrian Pablo Hunis, Medical Director
Email: aphunis@speedy.com.ar
Tel: 541149811128
Fax: 541149816623
Website: www.coba.org.ar

AUSTRALIA
The Cancer Council Victoria
Cancer Information and Support Service
1 Rathdowne Street
Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
Contact: Doreen Akkerman, Dr. Amanda Hordern, Dr. Michael Jefford
Email: Doreen.Akkerman@cancervic.org.au
Tel: + 61 3 9635 5129
Fax: + 61 3 9635 5290
Website: www.cancervic.org.au

The Cancer Council South Australia
Cancer Helpline & Cancer Connect
202 Greenhill Road
Eastwood SA 5063
Contact: Jenny Philip-Harbutt, Chris Hygonnet
Email: chygonnet@cancersa.org.cau
Tel: + 61 8 8291 4161
Fax: + 61 8 8291 4122
Website: www.cancersa.org.au/

Cancer Foundation of Western Australia
Cancer Helpline
A.H. Crawford Lodge
55 Monash Ave.
Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
Phone: 61 89489 7300
Fax: 61 89381 8616
Email: inquiries@cancerwa.asn.au

Cancer Council New South Wales
PO Box 572
Kings Cross NSW, Australia
Contact: Gillian Blatt
Tel: +61 2 9334 1829
Fax:+ 61 2 9334 1741
Website: http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/

CANADA
Canadian Cancer Society's Cancer Information Service
10 Alcorn Avenue, Suite 200
Toronto, ON, M4V 3B1
Contact: Heather Logan
Email: hlogan@cancer.ca
Tel: +1 416 934 5636
Fax: +1 416 961 4189
For Canada only: +1 888 939 3333 - Monday to Friday 9am-6pm
info@cis.cancer.ca
Website: www.cancer.ca

DENMARK
Kraeftens Bekaempelse Danish Cancer Society
Strandboulevarden 49
DK-2100 Kobenhavn O.Denmark
Contact: Inger Lise Egholm, Anne Nissen, Anne Vinkel,
Email: avs@cancer.dk
Tel: + 45 35 25 75 00
Fax: + 45 35 25 77 01

FINLAND
CancerContact: Cancer Society of Finland
Liisankatu 21 B
FIN 00170
Helsinki
Contact: Taina Anttonen
Email: taina.anttonen@cancer.fi
Tel: +358 9 1353 3268
Fax: +358 9 2609210
Contact: Satu Forsstrom
Email: satu.forsstrom@cancer.fi
Tel: +358 9 1353 3236
Fax: +358 9 2609210
Care Tel: +358 9 135331
Website: www.cancer.fi

FRANCE
Ligue nationale contre le cancer
14 rue de Corvisart,
Paris, 75013
Contact: Elizabeth Mahe-Tissot
Email: MaheTissotE@ligue-cancer.net
Tel: +33 1 53 55 24 18
Fax: + 33 1 43 36 91 49
Website: www.ligue-cancer.net

Information des publics,
Institut national du cancer
52, avenue André Morizet
Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, 92513
Contact: Marianne Duperrey, Karina Oddoux
Email: mduperray@institutcancer.fr
koddoux@institutcancer.fr
Phone: +33 (0) 1 41 10 15 31
Website: www.e-cancer.fr

GERMANY
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum
(German Cancer Research Centre)
Krebsinformationsdienst (Cancer Information Service)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 280,
D 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Contact: Monika Preszly, Manager
Email: m.preszly@dkfz.de
Tel: + 49 6221 422 898
Fax: + 49 6221 401 806
website: www.krebsinformation.de

GREECE
Hellenic Cancer Society
18 - 20 Tsoha Street
Athens 11521, Greece
Contact: Evangelos Filopoulos
Email: hellas-cancer@ath.forthnet.gr
Tel: + 30210-6456713-5
Fax: + 30210-6410011
Website: http://www.addgr.com/org/hc/grinfo.htm

HONG KONG
Hong Kong Cancer Fund
Suite 1301, Kilnwick Centre
32 Hollywood Road
Central, Hong Kong
Contact: Mrs Sally Lo, Chairman
Ms Agatha Hgu, Director of Operations
Tel: + 852 2868 0780
Fax: + 852 2524 9023

IRELAND
Irish Cancer Society
5 Northumberland Road
Dublin 4, Ireland
Tel: + 353 1 231 0500
Fax:+ 353 1 231 0555
Contact: Joan Kelly
Email: jkelly@irishcancer.ie
Tel: + 353 1 231 0519
Fax: + 353 1 231 0555
Contact: Naomi Fitzgibbon, Breast CIS Manager, Emer O’Kane, Helpline Manager
Website: http://www.cancer.ie/

Ulster Cancer Foundation
40-44 Eglantine Avenue
Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT15 3LB
Tel: 028 9066 3281
Fax: 02890668715
Contact: Ms. Liz Aitkenson
Email: lizatkinson@ulstercancer.org
Website: www.ulstercancer.org

ISRAEL
Israel Cancer Association
Revivim 7
Givatayim, Israel 53104
Contact: Miri Ziv, lilona Sahar, Nira Tammuz, Nava Inbar
E-Mail: nira@cancer.org.il
Tel: + 972 3 571 9584
Fax: + 972 3 571 9578

ITALY
Associazione Italian Malati di Cancro
Parenti e Amici - AIMaC
Via Barberini 11 - 00187 Roma, Italy
Contacts: Dott. Claudia Di Loreto, Prof. Alessandro Meluzzi,
Dr. Ciro Paglia, Prof. Umberto Tierlli
Email:info@aimac.it or aimac@tin.it
Web: http://www.aimac.it/
Tel: + 39 06 4825107
Fax: + 39 06 42011216

JAPAN
Center for Cancer Control & Information Services
National Cancer Center
5-1-1, Tsukiji
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 104-0045
Contact: Dr. Tomoko Takayama, Head of Patterns of Care Survey Section
Email: totakaya@ncc.go.jp
Phone: 03-3547-5293
Fax: 03-3547-6074
Website: http://ganjoho.jp/

MALAYSIA
National Cancer Society of Malaysia
66 Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysis, 50300
Contact: Dr. Sauthari Somasundaram, Executive Director
Email: saun@cancer.org.my
Phone: 603 – 2698 7300
Fax: 603 – 2698 4300
Website: www.cancer.org.my

NETHERLANDS
Dutch Cancer Society
Sophialaan 8
1075 BR Amsterdam, Netherlands
Contact: Cora Honing - Head Information & Support
Email: choning@kwfkankerbestrijding.nl
Tel: + 31 20 570 0551
Fax: + 31 20 675 0302
Contact: Rob Knipping
Tel: + 31 20 570 0542
Fax: + 31 20 675 0302
website: www.kwfkankerbestrijding.nl

NEW ZEALAND
Cancer Society of New Zealand Ltd
Level 6, Wakefield House
90 The Terrace
P.O. Box 10 847
Wellington, New Zealand
Contact: Neil Chave
Email: neil.chave@cancer.org.nz
Tel: + 64 4 494 7270
Fax: + 64 4 494 7271

Cancer Society of New Zealand
Canterbury West Coast Division
246 Manchester Street
PO Box 13 - 450
Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
Contact: Liz Horn
Email: liz@canty.cancernz.org.nz
Tel: + 64 3 379 5835
Fax: + 64 3 377 2804
Website: http://cancersouth.org.nz

Cancer Society of New Zealand
Wellington Division
52 Riddiford Street
Newtown
Wellington, New Zealand
Contact: Fiona Pearson
Email: fionap@cancersoc.org.nz

Cancer Information Service
Auckland Cancer Society
P O Box 1724
Auckland, New Zealand
Contact: Lynda Smith
Email: lsmith@akcansoc.org.nz
Tel: + 64 9 308 0173
Fax:+ 64 9 308 0175
Contact: Liz Wright
Email: lwright@akcansoc.org.nz
Tel: 0800 800 426 or (09) 308 0162

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NORWAY
Norwegian Cancer Society
P.O. Box 4, Sentrum
0101 OSLO
Norway
Contact: Else Stoering, Head of Section, Cancer Information & Support Service
Email: else.stoering@kreftorenigen.no
Tel: +47 947 91 317
Tel: Operator +47 815704777
Fax: +47 22 86 66 10
Website: www.kreftforeningen.no

SERBIA
Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization
”Rakinfo”
Cara Dusana 31,
21000 Novi Sad,
Serbia & Montenegro
Ms. Eva Berenji or Karolj Beres, Director
Email: eberenji@eunet.yu
Tel: 381 21 469 616
Fax:381 21 469 588
Website: www.rakinfo.ehons.org

SINGAPORE
Cancer Education & Information Service
National Cancer Centre
11 Hospital Drive
Singapore, 169610
Ms Flora Yong, Nurse Manager
Division of Medical Affairs
Email: nccypy@nccs.com.sg
Tel: (65) 6 236 9438
Fax:(65) 6 324 5664
Website: www.nccs.com.sg

SPAIN
Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer
c/ Amador de los Ríos,
5 Madrid, 28010
Contact: Patrizia Bressanello
Email: patrizia.bressanello@aecc.es
Tel: 0034913108221
Fax: 0034913190966
Websites: www.todocancer.org; www.muchoxvivir.org; www.aeccjunior.org

SOUTH KOREA
Cancer Information Branch
National Cancer Center Research Institute
809 Madu-dong, Ilsan-gu, Goyang-si
Gyeonggi-do, 410-769
Korea (South)
Contact: Dr Chang-Min Kim, Director
Email:info@cancer.go.kr
Tel: +82 31 920 2161
Fax: +32 31 920 2032
Call center: +82 1577 8899
Website:www.cancer.go.kr

SWEDEN
Cancer Information Service
Radiumhemmet
Karolinska Hospital
S-171 76
Stockholm, Sweden
Contact: Helena Wikstrom
Email: cancerinfo@ks.se
Tel: + 46 8 517 766 00 (helpline); +46 8 517 755 25 (office)
Fax: + 46 8 318 204

Swedish Cancer Society
10155 Stockholm
Sweden
Contact: Ann Lindgren RN
Email: anne.lindgren@cancerfonden.se
Tel: +4686771000
Fax: +4686771001
Website: www.cancerfonden.se

SWITZERLAND
Swiss Cancer League Krebstelefon
Effingerstrasse 40
3001 Bern, Switzerland
Contact: Silvia Den
Email: den@swisscancer.ch
Tel: + 41 31 389 9167
Fax: + 41 31 389 9160
Website: www.swisscancer.ch

UNITED KINGDOM
Macmillan Cancer Support
89 Albert Embankment
London, SE1 7UQ
Contact: S. Willis
Email: SWillis@macmillan.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7840 7840
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7840 7841
For UK only: Cancerline 0808 808 2020 Monday to Friday 9am-6pm
Website: http://www.macmillan.org.uk/

Cancer Research UK
PO Box 123
London, WC2A 3PX
Contact: Martin Ledwick, Head Information Nurse
Email: martin.ledwick@cancerresearchuk.org
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7061 6017
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7061 6086
Helpline: (0) 207 061 8355
Patient Information Website: www.cancerhelp.org.uk
Website: www.cancerresearchuk.org

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta GA 30329-4251, USA
Contact: Terry Music
Email: terry.music@cancer.org
Website: www.cancer.org

Cancer Information Service
National Cancer Institute
6116 Executive Boulevard, MSC 8322
Room 3036A
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8322
Contact: Mary Anne Bright,
Director, Cancer Information Service
Email: brightma@mail.nih.gov
Tel: +1 301 496 8664
Fax: +1 301 402 2594
Website: www.cancer.gov

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
(Organizations Preparing To Launch A Cancer Information Service)

ARGENTINA
Red Oncologica
Contact : Dr. Walter Guillermo
Email : info@redoncologica.com.ar
Phone : 011 15 5154 1940
Website : www.redoncologica.com.ar

BANGLADESH
Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College & Hospital
73 Green Road, Dhaka
Bandladesh Khwaja Yunus Ali Medical College & Hospital Village Enayetpur
Thana chouhali, District Sirajgon
Bangladesh, 1205
Contact: shaukh Abu Reza, Director Public Relations
Email: infor@kyamch.org or reza@kyamch.org
Tel: 880 751 63761-3, 0176 291681
Fax: 880 751 62853
Website: 222.kyamch.org

BERMUDA
Bermuda Cancer & Health Centre
PO Box HM 1562
Hamilton HM FX Bermuda, HMFX
Contact: Ms. Pauline Girling, Marketing/Communications Director
Email: Pr@Chc.Bm
Phone 1-441-236-1001
Fax: 1-441-236-0880
Website : www.cancer.bm

BRAZIL
Associação Nacional de Informação e Apoio sobre Câncer de Mama
Alameda Lorena, 1336 cj. 13
São Paulo – SP – Brazil, 01424-001
Contact: Sonia Cecatti, President
Email: mamainfo@mamainfo.org.br
Phone: 55 11 38912531
Fax: 55 11 38912531
Website: www.mamainfo.org.br

BULGARIA
International Medical Association Bulgaria (IMAB)
55 M. Drinov str.
Varna, Bulgaria, BG-9002
Contact: Prof/dr. Krassimir Metodiev, President, IMAB
Email: kr.metod@vega.bg
Phone: +359-52-634107
Fax: +359-52-634107
Website: www.imab-bg.org

CZECH REPUBLIC
League Against Cancer Prague
Na Slupi 6
Prague 2 - 12842, Czech Republic
Contacts: Prof. MUDr. Zdenek Dienstbier, DrSc., President
Jana Vankova, M.D., Vice President
Email: lpr@lpr.cz
Tel: + 420 2 24919732
Fax: + 420 2 24919732

COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)
Moscow Cancer Relief Society
Korneychuka Street 39-59
Moscow, Russia 127543
Contact: Elena Ouspenskaia
Tel: +7 095 405 8094

EGYPT
Egyptian Cancer Information Service for Young People
4 Masjed Al-Eman St,
Alexandria, Egypt
Contact: Dr Shewikar Shehata Farrag
Email:   shewikar_farrag@hotmail.com
Phone:   (+2) 0181657000
Web Site:    http://www.mans.eun.eg

HUNGARY
Hungarian League Against Cancer
PO Box 7
1507 Budapest, Hungary
Contact: Balazs Rozvanyi
Tel: + 36 1 225 1621
Fax: + 36 1 202 4017

INDIA
Agra Cancer Society
37, Bansal Nagar Fatehabad Road
Agra, India
Contact: Dr. S. Agrawal
Email: Sandeepcancer@rediffmail.com
Tel: + 915622331271
Fax: + 915622855060

Cancer Aid & Research Foundation
Byculla Municipal School Bldg.
Ground Floor, Room 15-18
N.M. Joshi Marg, near ‘S’ Bridge
Byculla (W), Mumbai 400-011, India
Contact: Prof. A.A. Kazi, Chairman
Email: cancerarfoundation@yahoo.com
Tel: 23007000 / 23008000 / 39538800 / 39538801
Fax: 23008000
Website : www.cancerarfoundation.org

VCare Foundation
132 Maker Tower 'A'
Cuffe Parade
Mumbai, India, 4000 005
Contact: Mrs Usha Banerji or Ms Vandana Gupta
Tel: +91 22 218 8828
Fax: +91 22 218 4457

South Asian Inst of Oncolgy & Cancer Research
CK 103
Salt Lake
Kolkutta 700 091, India
Contact: Prasun K Roy
Tel: + 91 33 359 0713
Fax: + 91 33 217 2456

Tata Memorial Hospital
Dr Ernest Borges Marg. Parel
Mumbai, India 400 012
Contact: Jafri Syed Humayun, Public Relations Officer
Tel: + 91 22 415 4002
Fax: + 91 22 414 6937

Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute
M.P. Shah Cancer Hospital
Medical Oncology Department
Civil Hospital Campus Asarwa
Ahmedabad - 380 016
Contact: Dr Pankaj M. Shah
Tel: + 91 79 268 1451/268 5555
Fax: + 91 79 268 5490

KENYA
Nairobi Cancer Registry
Centre for Clinical Research
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMI)
PO Box 20778 Nairobi, 0020, Kenya
Contact: Mrs. Anne Korir, Mr. Joseph Omach
Tel: 254 020 2722541/27133498
Fax: 252 020 2720030
Email: akorir@kemri.org or omachjoseph@yahoo.com
Website: www.kemri.org

MALAYSIA
Cancer Information and Support Centre
Department of Radiotherapy & Oncology
Hospital Kuala Lumpar
Jalan Pahang
50586 Kuala Lumpar. Malaysia
Contact: Dr Gerard Chin Chye Lim
Email: glcc@asia.com
Tel: + 60 3 2615 5810
Fax: + 60 3 2692 5713

NIGERIA
The Bloom Cancer Care & Support Centre
8 Merrett Road
Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Contact: Dr. Kofoworola Orija, Founder/Executive Director
Email: thebloom@hotmail.com
Tel: +234 (0) 1 8043413
Email: thebloomcancercare@yahoo.com

Children Living with Cancer Foundation
23 Ayoola Olatunde St.
Anthony Village, Lagos, Nigeria
Contact: Dr. Nneka Nwobbi
Email: nnwobbi@yahoo.com
Tel: 234 1 4723559 or 234 8033156908
Website: www.clwcf.ng-org

C.O.P E. Breast Cancer
34, Adeniyi Jones Avenue,
Ikeja Lagos. Nigeria, 01234
Contact: Mrs Ebunola Anozie
Tel: 08023121883
Email: copebc@yahoo.com
Website: www.copebreastcancer.com

Radiotherapy and Oncology Centre
Roc Aumadu Bello University Teaching Hospital
P.O.Box 06 permanent site.
Shika, Zaria, Kudune State, Nigeria
Contact: Dr. T.A. Olasinde, Department Head
Email: jonathan_haruna@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +2348024771779
Website: abuthroc@yahoo.com

Society of Clinical Oncology & Cancer Research
Division of Oncology, Department of Surgery
University Hospital
Ibadan, Nigeria, 20000
Contact: Professor Clement Adebamowo
Email: cadebamo@yahoo.com
Tel: 234-2-2410995
Fax: 234-2-2410995
Website: www.westafricanbioethics.net

SLOVAKIA
League Against Cancer in Slovakia
Spitalska 21
812 32 Bratislava, Slovakia
Contact: Eva Siracka
Tel: + 42 7 321735
Fax: + 42 7 321735

SOUTH AFRICA
Cancer Association of South Africa
26 Concorde Road W,
Bedfordview 2007
Contact: Matha Molete
Email: mmolete@cansa.org.za
Tel: + 27 21 616 7662
Fax: + 27 21 622 3424
Website: www.cansa.org.za

TURKEY
Turkish Association for Cancer Research and Control
Atac Sokak No:21/1 Yenisehir-Ankara
Turkey, 06410
Contact: Prof M.Tezer Kutluk President
Email : tkutluk@tr.net
Phone : + 90-312 431 2950
Fax : + 90-312 431 3958
Website : www.turkcancer.org

ZAMBIA
Zambian Cancer Society
PO Box 51127
Lusaka, Zambia, 1001
Contact: Mrs Udie Soko, Chairperson
Email: info@zambiancancersociety.org
Tel: +2601 293574
Website: http://zambiancancersociety.cfsites.org/

EXPERT MEMBERS
(Individuals With Cancer Information Service Expertise)

Marion Morra, ScD. President
Morra Communications
1 Platt Street
Milford CT 06460, USA
Contact: Marion Morra
Email: morram@earthlink.net
Tel: + 1 203 874 7923
Fax: + 1 203 874 0196

Catherine Dickens
8 Grecian Rd.,
Tunbridge Well, Kent, TB1 1TG
Email: dickenscm@yahoo.co.uk

National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Chris Thomsen
Director, Office of Communications
31 Center Drive 2B11
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2182
Email: thomsenc@mail.nih.gov
Tel: + 1 301 594 1873
Fax: + 1 301 402 4741
Website: www.nccam.nih.gov

Last Updated: 6 January 2009