The Learning Center
The Learning Center is a free consumer health library. We offer skilled and personalized service to all visitors and provide current and reliable information about health, cancer and cancer prevention. Available resources include:
- Free booklets
- Journals, consumer health magazines and newsletters
- Online journals and databases
- Pathfinders (guides to reliable resources)
- Books, CDs and DVDs (Search our online catalog: Under "Limit To," choose UT MD Anderson Learning Center from the drop-down menu.)
To learn more, contact us today.
The Learning Center Locations
Main Building, Floor 4, near Elevator A, R4.1100
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
713-745-8063
Jesse H. Jones Rotary House, Floor 1, RH1.103
Monday through Friday, 7 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.;
Sunday, 1:30-8:30 p.m.
713-745-0007
Mays Clinic, Floor 2, near The Tree Sculpture, ACB2.1120
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
713-563-8010
Contact The Learning Center online
Fill out our Resource Recommendation Form (PDF) so we can find the right materials for you.
Special Resources
Pick up your free copy of “When Life Becomes Precious: A Guide for Loved Ones and Friends of Cancer Patients,” by Elise Needell Babcock (while supplies last). This book provides practical tips about how to support loved ones with cancer. Learn what to say or not to say; how to talk with children; how to coordinate holidays, birthdays and other celebrations; and much more.
Recipes from Guest Chef cooking demonstration with Bharat Aggarwal, Ph.D., and his wife Uma (June 20, 2011)
Healing Spices (PDF): a presentation by Bharat Aggarwal, Ph.D., professor and author of “Healing Spices: How to Use 50 Everyday and Exotic Spices to Boost Health and Beat Disease"
Resource Reviews
Which titles do we recommend? What resources are our favorites?
Check out the TLC Resource Reviews podcasts to hear the latest suggestions from The Learning Center staff. (The book cover may be protected by copyright.)
Pathfinders
Pathfinders contain references to available print, video and online resources for each cancer subject.
Cancer Types
- Bladder Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Breast Cancer
- Cancer
- Colorectal Cancer
- Head & Neck Cancer
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Leukemia & Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Liver Cancer
- Lymphoma, Multiple Myeloma & Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia
- Lung Cancer
- Melanoma
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Sarcoma
- Skin Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
Cancer Treatment
Coping
- Cancer Resources for the GLBT Community
- Cancer Survivorship
- Caregiving
- Communicating With Children
- Financial and Legal Assistance
- Humor
- Nutrition
- Pain Management
- Sexuality and Cancer
Other Medical Conditions
Special Resources