Cancer Community Support

Provides support to people undergoing treatment for cancer and to their families through training individuals who have recovered from cancer and matching them with cancer patients currently undergoing a similar experience.

The Cleveland Clinic 4th Angel Mentoring Program is an innovative, interactive approach to cancer support in which patients and caregivers are matched with trained volunteer mentors with similar age and cancer experiences. 

Provides hope and healing to individuals living with cancer and their caregivers, ensuring they have a survivor by their side to lean on during their cancer journey with the belief that no one should face cancer alone. 

To help persons recently diagnosed with cancer and their care partners navigate the path through diagnosis, treatment, and recovery by pairing them with a trained survivor of a similar experience.

Provides one-on-one support among cancer fighters, survivors and caregivers. Through a unique matching process, Imerman Angels partner anyone seeking cancer support with a “Mentor Angel.”

Volunteers support their “buddy” throughout their chemo journey by regularly mailing cards and small gifts, uplifting messages, supportive words, and lots of positive energy. 

Provides information to cancer patients and their families on matters like maintaining employment through treatment, accessing healthcare and government benefits, taking medical leave and estate planning. 

Provides free education on the practical and legal issues that may impact individuals diagnosed with cancer and their caregivers delivered through animated videos, podcasts, interactive toolkits, seminars, and resource guides.

As the number of cancer survivors continues to increase, Cancer & Careers helps support issues around survivorship that are becoming more and more important such as working during and after treatment.

Increases treatment options for people with serious illnesses and speeds up drug development through increased enrollment in clinical trials. Emerging-Med's clinical trial database includes all treatment trials from clinicaltrials.gov along with updates reported directly by trial sponsors and sites. For over a decade, EmergingMed has facilitated clinical trial searches for nearly 500,000 patients.

Provides patients and their caregivers with actionable information and data to make informed decisions—and minimize trial and error. Team of staff scientists, in consultation with external experts, help each patient identify and access an individualized regimen of therapies that specifically target the molecular drivers of their disease. Treatment guidance is informed by the clinical experiences of previous patients.

Part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Comprehensive site with information on cancer types, topics, and statistics as well as clinical trial enrollment and results. Provides information on treatment, side-effects, diagnosis and staging, and causes and prevention. Also includes Physician Data Query (PDQ) database of summaries on cancer treatments, as well as a clinical trial search tool. 

From the American Cancer Society is one of the most comprehensive health apps available for people with cancer. Allows users to track their appointments, medications, and symptoms. Gives access to personalized cancer-related information that automatically updates as new information becomes available. Helps patients navigate a wide variety of resources, including a 24/7 live helpline.

LivingWith® helps patients stay organized. They can write down questions, take or record audio notes at appointments and store photos of important documents like insurance cards, medication information and lab or test results, all in one place. Provides a personalized experience that helps patients and caregivers manage their health and everyday life dealing with cancer and relieves feelings of isolation.

Provides cancer patients and their caregivers with a patient community and unique and personalized solutions to help manage and fight cancer more effectively. Helps patients get better education, support, and tools to fight cancer. Gives access to support groups, experts, physicians, and one-on-one connection with patients who have the same type of cancer.

Cancer patients often receive care from multiple providers, from diagnostic imaging to lab work to specialists for chemotherapy and radiation. MyChart keeps track of patient appointment details, names of their healthcare team members, lab and test results, medications, discharge summaries, and consult notes, and it allows patients to communicate directly with their healthcare team through the app.

Developed by a cancer survivor for cancer patients and their loved ones, the Create to Heal app is uplifting, interactive and fun! Reduces the anxiety and stress of cancer patients, helps to enhance their resiliency and regain a sense of power during the cancer journey. Users experience beautiful music, the color and motion of Ebru art, mandalas, all forms of creative writing including poetry, positive affirmations, and a gratitude practice. 

Outcomes4Me is a digital patient empowerment platform with the clinical, evidence-based knowledge patients need to best navigate their medical choices and take a more active role in treating their cancer. Gathers cancer treatment recommendations typically meant for oncologists and uses Artificial Intelligence to translate information for patients to understand, empowering them make informed medical decisions. 

Stupid Cancer exists to ensure that every young adult affected by cancer is given access to the best age-appropriate support they are entitled to in order to get busy living at every stage of their survivorship.

A community dedicated to helping young adults live their best life through all stages of their disease and treatment. Resources include peer connections, self-advocacy, and developing self-management tools for long-term health. 

The BoStrong Foundation strives to provide information, education, enrichment, resources and shared experiences for young adults and their support systems exploring holistic treatment options.

National Cancer Institute Adolescent & Young Adult portal provides links to resources for questions about cancer, treatment, clinical trials, research studies, and issues that may be faced after treatment.

A Young Adult Cancer Guidebook written by the founders of the Ulman Foundation which is dedicated to creating a community of support for young adults with cancer and addressing the unique issues they face. 

Practical Guide to Cancer Rights for Young Adults is a resource put together by Triage Cancer outlining adolescent and young adult patient rights in regards to education, employment, insurance, and finances.

Provides a strong, nurturing environment for children with cancer and their families through its free camps and getaway weekends. Offers limited emergency financial assistance and scholarships. 

NCCS provides emotional, financial and educational support to children with cancer, their families and survivors. Offers transportation assistance to alleviate the cost of travel to treatment centers. 

Addresses the emotional, social, and financial needs of seriously ill children, their families, and communities. Provides transportation, meal delivery and guidance with insurance issues.

Committed to easing the financial impact of cancer by helping families with a child who has cancer to pay rent, mortgages, car payments and car repairs, utilities, groceries, gas and more.

Ensures all families can access life-saving cancer treatment for their children by scheduling and paying for travel arrangements to the hospital where a child is being treated for cancer. 

Provides free commercial flights to children in need of life-saving medical care not found in their local communities. Children up to age 17 with two parents or legal guardians are eligible to apply. 

Provides affordable medicines for those who qualify financially. Help is available to people regardless of whether they use another patient assistance program, and even to those who have a pharmacy benefit, such as Medicare Part D.

Provides a searchable database listing pharmaceutical patient assistance programs, government programs, RX discount cards, and disease-based assistance for people who need help paying for medications and health care.

Search tool designed to help patients locate biopharmaceutical industry programs offered to those who need financial support due to their lack of insurance or inadequate prescription medicine coverage. 

American Cancer Society Hope Lodge® communities offer a home away from home for people facing cancer and their caregivers when cancer treatment is far away. These communities provide comfortable guest suites with all of the comforts of home at no cost to guests.

Provides lodging and support services to patients and their caregivers while they are receiving medical treatment away from their home communities. HHN proudly serves over 100 member houses ranging from small houses to houses with over 100 guest rooms.

Provides comfort homes where military & veteran families can stay free of charge while a loved one is in the hospital. Fisher Houses have up to 21 suites, with private bedrooms and baths. These homes are located at military and VA medical centers around the world.

Connects families and friends of patients traveling to receive medical care with hosts offering accommodations in their homes. Hosts for Humanity matches volunteer hosts with patient families seeking a place to stay while their loved ones receive care.

Joe's House is not a physical house. Joe's House provides a nation-wide list of places to stay to assist cancer patients and their families to find lodging near treatment centers that offer a discount for traveling patients and their loved ones. 

Partnered with the American Cancer Society, they offer discounted rooms for patients who have to be away from home for cancer treatment. With over 700 locations nationwide, it's possible for patients to find a comfortable lodging near their treatment center.

Program offers free rides to cancer-related medical appointments. Trained volunteer drivers pick up the patient, take them to their appointment, and drop them off at home.

Offers a map that provides a listing of volunteer transportation providers in each state. Services include volunteer driver programs, shared vehicle utilization, and ride sharing initiatives. 

Flies cancer patients to treatment at no cost to them on empty seats - on both private and corporate planes. Eligibility is not based on financial need and patients may travel as often as necessary.

Organization of pilots and volunteers who arrange free air transportation for people who are financially distressed, or who are in a time-critical, non-emergency situation due to their medical condition.

Volunteer pilots who use their own aircraft to provide free air transportation to medical facilities for people who are financially distressed or otherwise unable to travel on public transportation.

Donated air miles used to provide round-trip airline tickets to wounded, injured and ill service members and/or their families who are undergoing treatment at a military or VA medical Center.