You have more questions than answers right now
And the Cancer Information Service is here to help you. Patients, family members, friends, and health care professionals can get information about cancer by calling our toll-free number, 800-237-1225, from anywhere in the United States.
Contact us, and our professional staff will give you the most current, accurate information about cancer.
You need timely, understandable information
That's what the Cancer Information Service does—gives you confidential and accurate information about all aspects of cancer.
Our trained professionals are part of an educational outreach program of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of Iowa. Established in 1987, the Cancer Information Service has grown into a nationwide service providing information on cancer prevention, risk factors, symptoms, early detection, treatment, and coping skills.
Cancer Information Service staff members do not make medical recommendations, but respond to general questions about cancer and act as an information resource.
Questions come from many sources about many subjects
Cancer generally brings disruptions to your economic, social and personal lives. The Cancer Information Service is there to help with information about:
- Coping skills
- Diet and nutrition
- Chemotherapy
- Cancer safeguards
- Radiation therapy
- Smoking
Call 800-237-1225 for a complete list of available topics or browse our list of resources and publications on this website.
Specific answers to specific questions
The Cancer Information Service plays an important part in helping you take a more active role in your health care. Our professionals research topics and provide a personalized, detailed response to specific questions about cancer. In addition to patients and their families, teachers, students, health professionals and public use the Cancer Information Service for information.
When you call 800-237-1225, our staff will answer your questions and often provide you with written materials from a variety of sources, including the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, the American Brain Tumor Association,, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Skin Cancer Foundation.
When you call, you can get information on all types of cancer, including, but not limited to:
- Brain
- Breast
- Colon
- Childhood Cancers
- Lung
- Prostate
- Testicular
- AIDS-related
- Cervix/Ovary/Uterus
- Leukemia
- Skin
- Stomach
Technology that works for you
You may also contact the Cancer Information Service staff via email at: cancer-information@uiowa.edu or use the online form.
A resource for many
The Cancer Information Service staff not only serves patients, their family and friends, but acts as an information resource for physicians, physicians assistants, nurses, social workers, and other health care professionals. They come to the Cancer Information Service for the most recent, most accurate information about diagnostic procedures, treatment options, and clinical studies available.
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