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 Head & Neck Cancers Support Groups

 

                  SPONSOR

                              GROUP / DESCRIPTION

                             DAY & TIME

                          LOCATION

                    CONTACT & PHONE

              STATE

 

Georgetown - Lombardi Cancer Center

Patients, Family and Friends

4th Monday             Noon – 1:00 PM

Martin Marietta Room, Ground. Floor, Lombardi Cancer Center

Joanne Assarsson         (202) 784-3755

DC

 Laryngectomy Support Groups

                  SPONSOR

                              GROUP / DESCRIPTION

                             DAY & TIME

                          LOCATION

                    CONTACT & PHONE

                 STATE

American Cancer Society

“Lost Chord Club”

3rd Wednesday 12:30-1:45 PM

Call before coming

Wilma Scheuren  (202) 483-2600

DC

American Cancer Society

“Laryngectomes Club”

2nd Wednesday     8:00 PM**

**Call before coming to verify date & time.

Herb Simon          (301) 588-2352

MD

American Cancer Society

“Speech Therapy for Laryngectomees”

Wednesday           7:30 PM

Call before coming

Herb Simon          (301) 588-2352

MD

American Cancer Society

“New Voice Club”

1st Thursday         7:30 PM

Call before coming

(703) 938-5550

VA

Selected Oral Cancer Internet Resources

Organization/Phone

Logo

URL

About Face

(800) 225-FACE

http://www.interlog.com~abtface/aface

American Thoracic Society

http://www.thoracic.org

CancerCathy’s EC Café

(Esophageal Cancer)

 

http://www.missouri.edu/~ccathy/ec/index

Let’s Face It

(360) 676-7325

http://www.faceit.org

Oral Cancer Information Center

http://www.oralcancer.org

Support for People with Oral, Head & Neck Cancer (SPOHNC)

(516) 759-5333

http://www.spohnc.org

The Yul Brynner Head & Neck Cancer Foundation

(615) 343-5895

http://headandneck.org