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Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network

The Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) was founded in 2005 and is the only national advocacy organization devoted to advancing bladder cancer research and supporting those impacted by the disease.

BCAN is on the front-lines advocating for greater public awareness and increased funding for research to identify effective treatments and eventually, a cure for bladder cancer.

Each year, BCAN provides thousands of patients, caregivers, and the medical community with the educational resources and support services they need to navigate their bladder cancer journey. BCAN works collaboratively with the medical and research professionals who are dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of bladder cancer and empowers the patient community by allowing them to share experiences with others, and to participate in building awareness of the need for a cure.

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CLL Society

The CLL Society Inc. is a patient–centric, physician–curated nonprofit organization focused on patient education, support, and research. Dedicated to addressing the unmet needs of the CLL and related blood cancer communities, we explain the rapidly changing therapeutic landscape and the importance of clinical trials, support and build patient networks, engage in research, and educate providers and patients alike.

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CrowdCare Foundation

The mission of the CrowdCare Foundation is to empower patients to be part of the solutions to accelerate a cure for multiple myeloma and all rare diseases. Through its revolutionary online patient portal HealthTree (HealthTree.org), the foundation leverages innovative technology to empower myeloma patients to find better care through the aggregate of patient-provided health data.

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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.

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Lymphoma Research Foundation

The Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) is the nation’s largest lymphoma-focused health organization devoted to improving care through education and support services, and improving outcomes through investment in the most promising lymphoma research. Our mission is to eradicate lymphoma and serve all those impacted by this blood cancer.

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Keep Punching

Keep Punching supports patients, healthcare providers, and researchers in their fight to prevent and eradicate brain cancer and minimize treatment-related side effects that may adversely impact function and comfort.

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BreastCancer.org

Breastcancer.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the most reliable, complete, and up-to-date information about breast cancer. Their mission is to help women, men, and their loved ones make sense of the complex medical and personal information about breast health and breast cancer, so they can make the best decisions for their lives.

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Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation

Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation seeks to end breast cancer by assisting patients, informing policymakers, and expanding knowledge through education and community outreach.

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Breast Wishes Foundation

The Breast Wishes Foundation was created by Elesha Snyder and Mandi Snyder Moore after their older sister, Kelli James lost her battle with breast cancer. The mission of the Breast Wishes Foundation is to grant wishes that bring JOY to women and their families affected by breast cancer.

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Curémonos

Curémonos’ vision is to expand their model wherever there is a high incidence of breast cancer among medically-underserved women. Over time, they hope to create a compassionate, multidisciplinary, and culturally competent network of resources to provide education, advocacy, and support to medically underserved women with breast health concerns or a breast cancer diagnosis.

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Leslie’s Week

Leslie’s Week provides vacations away from cancer for Stage 4 Breast Cancer women and their families. Its goal is to have families create memories that outlast cancer.

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Living Beyond Breast Cancer

Living Beyond Breast Cancer provides programs and services to help people whose lives have been impacted by breast cancer. Our goal is to provide information, community, and support that you can trust, that is easy for you to access, and respectful of you and your situation.

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Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered

Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE) is the only national nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

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METAvivor

The first organization dedicated to funding research for Stage IV breast cancer, METAvivor continues to rally public awareness, award research grants, and provide much needed support for those living with MBC.

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SHARE

SHARE is a national nonprofit that supports, educates, and empowers women affected by breast or ovarian cancer, with a special focus on medically underserved communities. SHARE meets women wherever they are with the insight of others who have been there too, creating a nationwide community where no one feels alone. SHARE’s free services, provided in both English and Spanish, include support groups, expert-led educational programs, a national helpline, community outreach, online communities, corporate education programs, advocacy opportunities, caregiver support, and survivor-patient navigation.

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Sharsheret

Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting young Jewish women and their families facing breast cancer. Their mission is to offer a community of support to women, of all Jewish backgrounds, diagnosed with breast cancer or at increased genetic risk, by fostering culturally-relevant individualized connections with networks of peers, health professionals, and related resources.

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Susan G. Komen^®

Susan G. Komen^® offers educational resources to empower people to make informed breast care decisions for themselves and as they advocate for others. We provide information that is safe, accurate, current, consistent, and evidence-based for a variety of audiences.

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The Tutu Project

A ride to chemo. Child care. Food in the fridge. A mortgage payment. The Tutu Project helps people with breast cancer get through their day with support for all those things that cancer doesn’t care about. All the everyday stuff that suddenly becomes unaffordable – even for people with insurance. And when it seems like getting through the day feels impossible we’re there with a little emotional support, too.

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Twisted Pink

Twisted Pink is a grassroots non-profit organization with a mission to extend lives and improve quality of life for late stage breast cancer patients and their families by funding metastatic breast cancer research. Over 1 million dollars has been raised to fund metastatic breast cancer research since the organization was founded in June 2014.

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Equal Hope

Equal Hope was started in 2008 after data emerged that revealed Black Women in Chicago diagnosed with breast cancer were 62% more likely to die from the disease than comparable White Women. Startled by this inequity, the community came together and developed a unique model to analyze Chicago’s breast health system and how it was failing Black women. With that information, we developed an evidence-based, multipronged approach to address this disparity. This approach involved improving the quality of breast care, advocacy for system change and navigation to help uninsured and underinsured women overcome the systemic barriers to better health outcomes.

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Unite for HER

Unite for HER provides integrative therapies and services to breast and ovarian cancer patients at no personal cost. Through the Unite for HER Wellness Program, patients can receive services like nutritional counseling, meal deliveries, professional counseling, fitness classes, and more. The Unite for HER Wellness Program is available to patients in the United States.

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4 Words Foundation

4 Words Foundation raises awareness about the importance of health screenings in the early detection, prevention, and treatment of cancer, as well as financially assist those who need additional cancer tests and screenings.

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American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a great source of information about cancer, research, advocacy, and community programs. The ACS also provides professional support services for people with cancer, caregivers, children, and loved ones.

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Association of Community Cancer Centers

The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) is the leading education and advocacy organization for the multidisciplinary cancer team. ACCC provides its members with practical, problem-solving resources and professional development to help elevate care delivery, coordination, and the patient experience.

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Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators

Founded in 2009, the Academy of Oncology Nurse & Patient Navigators (AONN+) is the only national specialty organization dedicated to improving patient access to care, evidence-based cancer treatment, and quality of life by defining, enhancing, and promoting the role of oncology navigators.

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American Society for Radiation Oncology

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is the premier radiation oncology society in the world, with more than 10,000 members who are physicians, nurses, biologist, physicists, radiation therapists, dosimetrists, and other health care professionals who specialize in treating patients with radiation therapies. These medical professionals, found at hospitals, cancer treatment centers, and academic research facilities around the globe, make up the radiation therapy treatment teams that are critical in the fight against cancer. Together, these teams treat more than 1 million cancer patients each year.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers comprehensive, credible, and reliable information on a range of health issues. In collaboration with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, the CDC established the “Inside Knowledge: Get the Facts About Gynecologic Cancer” campaign to raise awareness of gynecologic cancers, including ovarian cancer.

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Cancer Bridges

Cancer Bridges supports those impacted by cancer through a variety of free social, emotional and informational programs and services. Our welcoming environment supports anyone who has been impacted by cancer including those with a diagnosis, those who have a loved one with cancer, or have experienced the loss of a loved one due to cancer. The diagnosed, family, friends and caregivers who support them are welcome to join Cancer Bridges to receive the services they need at no cost.

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Cancer Research Institute

Cancer Research Institute (CRI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit established 65 years ago to save more lives by fueling the discovery and development of powerful immunotherapies for all types of cancer. To accomplish this, CRI funds the most promising clinical and laboratory research globally, supports the next generation of leaders in cancer immunology, and serves as the trusted source of information on immunotherapy for cancer patients and their caregivers.

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For Pete’s Sake Cancer Respite Foundation

For Pete’s Sake Cancer Respite Foundation enables cancer patients and their loved ones to strengthen, deepen, and unify their relationships by creating unforgettable and lasting respite vacations.

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Monday’s at Racine

Monday’s at Racine encourages a self-empowering, mind-body approach to treatment in concert with traditional medicine, to ensure wellness and vitality.

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National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training. In coordination with the National Cancer Program, the NCI conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs that address the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer; rehabilitation from cancer; and the continuing care of patients and their families.

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Personalized Medicine Coalition

The Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), representing innovators, scientists, patients, providers, and payers, promotes the understanding and adoption of personalized medicine concepts, services, and products to benefit patients and the health system. Believing that paradigm shifts, especially in medicine, do not happen just because the science and new technologies suggest they should, PMC supports investment in and adoption of personalized medicine through education, advocacy, and evidence development.

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Friends of Cancer Research

Friends of Cancer Research (Friends) is working to accelerate policy change, support groundbreaking science, and deliver new therapies to patients quickly and safely. We unite scientists, pharmaceutical companies, and policy makers with shared trust and guide them toward meaningful cooperation. This collaboration among partners from every healthcare sector ultimately drives advances in science, policy, and regulation that speed life-saving treatments to patients.

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CancerCare

Founded in 1944, CancerCare is the leading national organization providing free, professional support services and information to help people manage the emotional, practical and financial challenges of cancer. Our comprehensive services include case management, counseling and support groups over the phone, online and in-person, educational workshops, publications and financial and co-payment assistance. All CancerCare services are provided by master’s-prepared oncology social workers and world-leading cancer experts.

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CSC San Francisco

Cancer Support Community San Francisco provides comprehensive care – including counseling, support groups, nutrition, exercise, and education – for cancer patients and their loved ones. All programs are provided free of charge and enable cancer patients to better partner with their treatment team to manage their treatment and recovery most effectively, increase their chances for survival, reduce their chances of recurrence, and provide for the highest possible quality of life. For more information, visit cancersupport.net.

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FORCE is the only national nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

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Foundation for Women’s Cancer

Foundation for Women’s Cancer (FWC) believes in a world where everyone has the power to impact, prevent or overcome a diagnosis of gynecologic cancer. We bring together all communities of advocates, people with cancer, caregivers, partners, and the healthcare team to eradicate or lessen the impact of gynecologic cancer. We will achieve this through research, education, and public awareness.

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Newk’s Cares

Lori Newcomb – co-founder of Newk’s Cares and wife of Newk’s Eatery co-founder and CEO, Chris Newcomb – was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2013. Her vision and dedication helped Newk’s raise critical research funds and invaluable awareness of the disease. To date, Newk’s Cares has raised more than $1,000,000 for ovarian cancer research.

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Norma Leah Ovarian Cancer Initiative

Norma Leah Ovarian Cancer Initiative enriches lives through early detection education, patient support services, and research funding for ovarian cancer – the silent killer of women. Our programs empower women and save lives by lowering the incidence and mortality rates of this disease.

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National Ovarian Cancer Coalition

The mission of the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC) is to save lives by fighting tirelessly to prevent and cure ovarian cancer and to improve the quality of life for survivors. Through national programs and local NOCC chapter initiatives, the NOCC’s goal is to educate communities and increase awareness about the symptoms of ovarian cancer. The NOCC also provides information to assist newly-diagnosed patients, hope to Survivors, and support to caregivers. The NOCC is also committed to the advancement of ovarian cancer research.

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Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRFA)

Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance (OCRFA) is a powerful voice for everyone touched by ovarian cancer. This organization connects survivors, women at risk, caregivers, and health care providers with the resources they need, and funds scientific research. As the largest global organization dedicated to advancing ovarian cancer research, OCRA ensures that ovarian cancer is a priority for lawmakers and agencies throughout the country.

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Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation

The Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation fights for those who are fighting, speaks for those who have fallen silent, and provides for those working towards the end of ovarian cancer. Learn more about some of the ways SROCF is fighting ovarian cancer every day.

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SHARE is a national nonprofit that supports, educates, and empowers women affected by breast or ovarian cancer, with a special focus on medically underserved communities. SHARE meets women wherever they are with the insight of others who have been there too, creating a nationwide community where no one feels alone. SHARE’s free services, provided in both English and Spanish, include support groups, expert-led educational programs, a national helpline, community outreach, online communities, corporate education programs, advocacy opportunities, caregiver support, and survivor-patient navigation.

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Sharsheret is a national not-for-profit organization supporting young Jewish women and their families facing breast cancer. Their mission is to offer a community of support to women, of all Jewish backgrounds, diagnosed with breast cancer or at increased genetic risk, by fostering culturally-relevant individualized connections with networks of peers, health professionals, and related resources.

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Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service

A dynamic organization dedicated to supporting gynecologic cancer survivors, their caregivers, family, and friends. Through the generosity of a robust volunteer network, Kelly Gynecologic Oncology Service now includes an awareness and fundraising race, educational conference, retreat for women with recurrence and their caregiver, and a support group for male caregivers, and touches more than 1,000 people annually.

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ALK Positive

ALK Positive is a large worldwide community of lung cancer patients and their families. We are dedicated to advancing research and awareness for ALK-positive lung cancer. Our goal is for patients with ALK-positive lung cancer to obtain more durable responses to treatments, live longer, and to render ALK-positive lung cancer a chronic, even curable, disease.

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American Lung Association

LUNG FORCE unites women and their loved ones to stand together against lung cancer and for lung health.

Through LUNG FORCE, we are:

Increasing awareness of lung cancer as their #1 cancer killer

Educating and empowering patients and healthcare providers

Raising critical funds for lung cancer research

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EGFR Resisters

EGFR Resisters is comprised of over 825 members from 26 countries. They work to increase the size of our EGFR Resisters community with the assistance of advocacy groups and medical professionals. Their aim is to use the strength of our collaboration to drive important research questions and fund novel research and clinical trials.

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GO₂ Foundation for Lung Cancer

GO₂ Foundation for Lung Cancer transforms survivorship as the world’s leading organization dedicated to saving, extending, and improving the lives of those vulnerable, at risk, and diagnosed with lung cancer. We work to change the reality of living with lung cancer by ending stigma, increasing public and private research funding, and ensuring access to care.

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LUNGevity

LUNGevity Foundation is firmly committed to making an immediate impact on increasing quality of life and survivorship of people with lung cancer by accelerating research into early detection and more effective treatments, as well as providing community, support, and education for all those affected by the disease. Our vision is a world where no one dies of lung cancer.

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Lung Cancer Initiative

As the state’s leading non-profit organization supporting lung cancer research and education, Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina specializes in connecting patients, survivors, and loved ones with the medical and research community.

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Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) is the pre-eminent nonprofit organization focused on funding innovative, high-reward research with the potential to extend survival and improve quality of life for people with lung cancer. LCRF’s mission is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of lung cancer. To date, LCRF has funded 362 research grants, totaling nearly $33 million, the highest amount provided by a nonprofit organization dedicated to funding lung cancer research. The Lung Cancer Research Foundation also hosts community events across the country through the Free to Breathe Events Program.

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The Huff Project

The Huff Project seeks to erase the negative stigma that’s affiliated with lung cancer and raises money for much needed research to support others.

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The ROS1ders

The ROS1ders is a global group of patients and caregivers dealing with ROS1+ cancer. They strive to better outcomes for all ROS1+ cancers by supporting patients and caregivers, increasing awareness and education, accelerating research, and improving access to effective diagnosis and treatment.

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Let’s Win! Pancreatic Cancer

Let’s Win! Pancreatic Cancer is an online community that connects doctors, researchers, and individuals to the latest science-driven treatment options through a dynamic website and a robust social media program in both English and Spanish. Let’s Win also introduces experienced physicians who do not specialize in pancreatic cancer to emerging treatments to combat the disease.

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ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer

ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. Zero advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action.

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The ACS provides professional support services for people with cancer, caregivers, children, and loved ones. Find out what to expect if you become a caregiver for a person with cancer, and get tips for making sure that you take care of yourself as well.

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The NCI is the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training. In addition to authoritative information about each type of cancer, NCI provides information to help you care for the person with cancer in your life — and yourself.

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The American Cancer Society provides a range of documents addressing financial issues that you may encounter when dealing with cancer.

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Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition (CFAC)

The Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition (CFAC) is a coalition of 14 financial assistance organizations that aim to help cancer patients experience better health and well-being by limiting financial challenges. The CFAC provides a directory of financial support options for lodging, pharmaceutical assistance, transportation, and several other types of assistance, which are searchable by zip code.

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Good Days

Good Days works directly with pharmacies and doctors to pay for patients’ out-of-pocket expenses for a variety of chronic diseases, including metastatic breast cancer – though enrollment for disease states may open and close throughout the year as funds are diminished or more funds become available.

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Hill-Burton Free Care Program

The Hill-Burton program provides hospital, nursing home, and other health facility services to those who are unable to pay, as determined by the US Federal Poverty Guidelines. Approximately 150 facilities throughout the US are part of this program.

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Healthcare Hospitality Network, Inc. (HNN)

The Healthcare Hospitality Network, Inc. (HNN) is a national association of nearly 200 nonprofit organizations that provide lodging support services to patients, families, and their loved ones when receiving medical treatment away from their home communities.

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Meals on Wheels America

Meals on Wheels America delivers free meals to income-eligible adults. While this service is geared towards providing services for the elderly, many local programs also offer assistance for people living with cancer. Some of their programs also provide other home-related assistance, such as grocery shopping.

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Patient Access Network

Patient Access Network (PAN) provides financial assistance to people with chronic or life-threatening illnesses for whom cost is a barrier to accessing breakthrough medical treatments. Individuals may receive up to $7,500 a year for medical assistance.

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Patient Advocate Foundation

Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) provides a tool to help sort resources for a broad range of needs including housing, utilities, food, transportation, home health care, medical devices, and pharmaceutical agents.

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The National Patient Travel Center

The National Patient Travel Center provides information about charitable, long-distance medically-related transportation and provides referrals to resources that are available in the organization’s national charitable medical transportation network.

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