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Resources to Help You Find a Cancer Doctor or a Cancer Treatment Facility

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer, finding a doctor and treatment facility that specialize in cancer care is an important step to getting the best treatment possible. These NCI information resources can help.

•	How to find a doctor or treatment facility if you have cancer
•	Find an NCI-designated cancer center (interactive map)
•	Ask the NCI Cancer Information Service for help

Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Using the Immune System to Treat Cancer

Immunotherapies are treatments that restore or enhance the immune system’s ability to fight cancer. NCI has long supported research in this important area, with a number of promising efforts underway. At its October meeting, the NCI Council of Research Advocates (NCRA) discussed ways advocates could help.

•	Learn more about immunotherapy
•	Adopting bodily defenses to cure cancer
•	Watch the NIH videocast: NCRA meeting on immunotherapy

President Obama Honors Nation’s Top Scientists and Innovators

The NCI scientists whose discovery contributed to the commercially developed HPV vaccines are among the recipients of this year’s National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Douglas R. Lowy, M.D., and John T. Schiller, Ph.D., will receive their medals at a White House ceremony later this year.