Brownsville Regional Campus

Cancer Information Service (CIS)

The Cancer Information Service (CIS) is a free public service of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the nation's premier cancer research agency. CIS partners include state and regional cancer organizations, health professionals, community groups, and others that share its cancer control goals and priorities. The CIS puts special emphasis on partners that reach minority and underserved audiences. Through its national network of 14 regional offices, the CIS offers partners:

• Information by phone
• Information online
• Printed materials
• Regular information updates
• Technical assistance
• Networking
• Clinical trials training

Here in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, the Cancer Information Service is located on the University of Texas Brownsville/Texas Southmost College Campus, housed in the Regional Academic Health Center. The Cancer Information Service works in collaboration with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus and the National Cancer Institute.

You may contact the CIS at www.cancer.gov, 1-800-4-CANCER, or by contacting;

Alice Gonzalez
Partnership Program Coordinator
National Cancer Institute
Cancer Information Service
956-574-6706

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