{"entity":{"id":"japan-cancer-consultation-support-centres","kind":"collection","name":"Cancer consultation support centres (Japan)","aka":["がん相談支援センター","Gan Sodan Shien Center"],"tldr":"Every designated cancer hospital in Japan has a cancer consultation support centre where anyone, including people who are not its patients, can talk to a nurse or social worker for free and without giving their name.","summary":"The National Cancer Center's information service describes the cancer consultation support centres (がん相談支援センター) as consultation desks set up in the designated cancer care hospitals (がん診療連携拠点病院), the paediatric cancer hub hospitals and the regional cancer hospitals across Japan; some hospitals give them another name, such as medical consultation room or patient support centre. Nurses who know cancer well and social workers who can advise on daily life act as consultants. Patients, families and local people who do not attend that hospital can use them free and anonymously, mainly face to face or by phone, at any point from a suspected diagnosis through treatment and follow-up. People can ask about diagnosis, treatment and side effects, life after treatment, money, work and school, and relationships with family and the medical team; what is said is not passed on, even to the treating doctor, without the person's consent. The centres do not make treatment decisions in place of the doctor. The National Cancer Center's booklets can be read or taken free at the centres.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"Cancer consultation support centres (Japan)","url":"https://ganjoho.jp/public/institution/consultation/cisc/cisc.html"}],"tags":["helpline","free"],"related":["japan-cancer-information-service-support-center"],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["ncc-japan"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"url":"https://ganjoho.jp/public/institution/consultation/cisc/cisc.html","holds":"Walk-in and telephone cancer consultation desks in every designated cancer care hospital, paediatric cancer hub hospital and regional cancer hospital in Japan, free and anonymous for anyone.","maintainer":"Designated cancer hospitals in Japan, described by the National Cancer Center Japan"},"route":"/collections/japan-cancer-consultation-support-centres/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"japan-cancer-information-service-support-center","kind":"collection","name":"Cancer Information Service Support Center (Japan)","route":"/collections/japan-cancer-information-service-support-center/"}],"institution":[{"id":"ncc-japan","kind":"institution","name":"National Cancer Center Hospital","route":"/institutions/ncc-japan/"}]}}