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Sally Werner, CEO of Cancer Support Community, said: "Our Helpline receives over 20,000 calls annually from people seeking hope and connection during the times they need it most. By anchoring CSC-867-5309 into the public consciousness, we're ensuring that when someone is impacted by cancer, Cancer Support Community and Gilda’s Clubs are the first place they turn to.”
"Cancer can create a lot of uncertainties, so it's important people have a memorable number to turn to for support,” added Lisa E. Ireland, Executive Vice President, External Relations at Cancer Support Community. "The power of this campaign is its simplicity. In the 1980s, Tommy Tutone made ‘Jenny/867-5309’ impossible to forget. Now, we're channeling that same iconic number to help people remember that cancer support is just a call away.”
“When we recorded ‘Jenny/867-5309,’ none of us imagined that number would still be stuck in people’s heads decades later,” said Tommy Tutone lead singer Tommy Heath. “If that little piece of pop culture can now help someone remember Cancer Support Community’s and Gilda's Club's Helpline and connect them to real people, real community, and real support, that’s incredibly meaningful to us.”
Created in partnership with health marketing agency Klick Health, the CSC-867-5309 campaign strategically leverages cultural nostalgia and pop culture relevance to drive awareness and action.
“We’re proud to partner with Cancer Support Community to turn this iconic earworm into a direct line to care,” said Klick’s Chief Creative Officer Rich Levy. “Patients and caregivers told us they wished they’d found CSC’s Helpline sooner. By pairing it with a number everyone already knows, we’re helping shorten the distance from diagnosis to support.”
All calls to CSC-867-5309 are confidential, available at no cost, and answered by specially trained staff. To learn more about CSC, Gilda’s Club, and the Helpline, visit CSC8675309.com.
About Cancer Support Community
CSC is a global nonprofit network with over 200 locations in 50 markets, including CSC and Gilda's Club centers as well as healthcare partnerships. These locations, along with a toll-free Helpline, digital services, and award-winning education materials, provide more than $50 million in free support services to patients and families each year.
The global nonprofit organization Cancer Support Community (CSC), together with its network of CSC, Gilda’s Club locations, and healthcare partner sites, is taking over one of music's most unforgettable phone numbers. Effective today, anyone impacted by cancer can call CSC-867-5309 (272-867-5309) to receive immediate support, trusted information, and personalized guidance from trained specialists.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ali Larijani, a top Iranian security official, was widely believed to be running the country as it reeled from the killing of its supreme leader and a widening war. Israel said Tuesday that it killed Larijani in an overnight strike.
Israel's military also said it killed Iranian Gen. Gholam Reza Soleimani, who led a powerful internal security service that has crushed waves of mass protests against the Shiite theocracy.
Iran has not yet confirmed or denied their deaths. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top security officials were killed in the surprise U.S. and Israeli strikes that started the war. Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, who was appointed to replace him, has not been seen in public, and Israel suspects he was wounded.
The killing of top leaders has so far had little impact on the war itself, as Iran's Revolutionary Guard continues to fire missiles at Israel and Arab Gulf countries. Iran has also effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's traded oil passes, sending prices up and rattling the world economy.
Larijani hails from one of Iran’s most famous political families, which many media outlets have compared to the Kennedys in the United States. One brother, Sadeq, served as the head of Iran’s judiciary, while another, Mohammad Javad, was a senior diplomat who closely advised the late Khamenei on foreign affairs.
Larijani has been a conservative force within Iran’s theocracy, issuing increasingly hard-line threats throughout the years. In the 1990s, he served as Iran’s culture minister, tightening censorship. He served as parliament speaker from 2008 to 2020, and most recently as head of the Supreme National Security Council.
Larijani has also written at least six philosophy books, including three exploring the works of German philosopher Immanuel Kant.
He was appointed to advise Khamenei on strategy in nuclear talks with the Trump administration and traveled to Oman to meet with mediators just two weeks before Israel and the U.S. attacked. Like other top Iranian leaders, he was under heavy U.S. sanctions linked to the violent repression of mass protests in January.
He was ineligible to become supreme leader because he is not a Shiite cleric. But he was widely expected to serve as a top adviser, and many believed he was running the country as U.S. and Israeli strikes have driven Iran's leadership underground.
A week ago, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to attack Iran “TWENTY TIMES HARDER” if Tehran stopped oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, Larijani responded to him on X.
“The sacrificial nation of Iran doesn’t fear your empty threats. Even those bigger than you couldn’t eliminate Iran,” he wrote. “Be careful not to get eliminated yourself.”
Lidman reported from Tel Aviv, Israel and Spike from Budapest, Hungary.
FILE - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, smiles as he attends in a ceremony at Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of capital Tehran, Iran, Monday April, 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)
FILE - Ali Larijani, center, head of Iran's National Security Council, gestures as Hezbollah supporters throw rice to welcome him outside Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
FILE - Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
FILE - Iranian Secretary of Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani, greets journalists upon his arrival to meet with the Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
