Telephone: (415) 677-2473
Fax: (415) 677-2457
* The project described was supported by U01 CA114640, the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training from the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute.
The Chinese Community Cancer Information Center (CCCIC) is a private, non-profit center sponsored by the Chinese Community Cancer Advisory Committee of the American Cancer Society, Chinese Community Health Care Association, Chinese Community Health Plan, and Chinese Hospital. The Center's primary mission is to serve the Chinese community in San Francisco, in both Cantonese and Mandarin.
The Center provides the following services:
- Information concerning specific kinds of cancer and the available treatment options. Many of our pamphlets and booklets are available in both English and Chinese.
- Transportation to and from radiation or chemotherapy treatments can be arranged for financially eligible San Francisco patients.
- Look Good, Feel Better Program to help patients with make-up, wigs and scarves during treatment.
- Advice on how to counter cancer treatment's effect on physical appearance.
- Education programs, including smoking cessation, nutrition, breast health, prostate cancer, and others.
- Support groups in Cantonese and Mandarin
Donaldina Cameron House
www.cameronhouse.org
Chinese Christian Herald Crusades
www.cancer.cchc.org
American Cancer Society Northern California Chinese Unit
www.acs-nccu.org - Information on additional resources for cancer patients and their families.
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