Teresa Knoop, Pam Carney and Gloria Cherry (left to right) are nurses who answer your calls and e-mails as part of Vanderbilt-Ingram's Cancer Information Program. Since the hotline and program launched in 1997, the volume of new contacts has more than tripled to nearly 3,000 a year.

Photo by Daniel DuBois

To reach the nurses for questions about new cancer therapies, clinical trials and general cancer information, toll-free, call: 1-800-811-8480.