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For your own diagnosis and treatment, your care team is the right place. For free, confidential information about cancer, and for a crisis, these lines are open.
NCI’s Cancer Information Service
NCI’s Cancer Information Service: 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237), Monday–Friday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET, free and confidential. NCI says its trained information specialists answer cancer-related questions, with LiveHelp online chat (same hours) and email at NCIinfo@nih.gov. All services are in English and Spanish.
Call 1-800-4-CANCERChat or email on cancer.gov
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In a crisis
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide or is in emotional distress, call or text 988 (the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), or chat at 988lifeline.org. For an emergency, call 911.
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