Case Management
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For Any Cancer Diagnosis
Financial Assistance
Limited assistance from CancerCare is available to help with cancer-related costs.
Ask CancerCare
Every month, featured experts answer your questions about coping with cancer including specific answers to questions asked by caregivers.
For Breast Cancer
- Q.
I have metastatic breast cancer. I drive from Spartanberg, SC to Charleston, SC once a month and stay over for about two nights for treatment. Is there any help you give for transportation and/or lodging costs?
A.CancerCare offers limited assistance for transportation, home care and child care for women who qualify. Limited funds are also available to assist with certain oral, pain, and anti-nausea medications, lymphedema supplies and durable medical equipment. Please call us at 800-813-HOPE (4673) to apply.
American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program provides transportation to and from treatment for people who have cancer and either do not have available transportation or are unable to drive themselves. Volunteer drivers donate their time and the use of their cars so that patients can receive the treatments they need. Call 800-ACS-2345 to find out if Road to Recovery is available in your community.
Joe’s House is an online database listing thousands of places to stay across the country near hospitals and treatment centers that offer a discount for traveling patients and their loved ones.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul provides various services to people in need, including food programs, emergency financial assistance, emergency transportation, rent/mortgage assistance, free pharmacy services, budget counseling, referral services and more. To get help, contact the nearest Catholic Church in your community and ask if they have a Society of St. Vincent de Paul Conference in their parish or know of one close by. You can also look for “Society of St. Vincent de Paul” in your local White Pages or call 314-576-3993.
Your local United Way may know of resources that offer financial assistance. To find your local office, please visit their website or call 651-291-0211 or 211.
Finally, you can search for local resources through a website created by the Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition.
Additional Resources
Organizations
Allyson Whitney Foundation
Air Charity Network
877‑621‑7177, aircharitynetwork.org
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation
866‑333‑1213, alexslemonade.org
American Cancer Society
800‑227‑2345, cancer.org
Angel Flight
918‑749‑8992, angelflight.com
Blood & Marrow Transplant Information Network
888‑597‑7674, bmtinfonet.org
Bone Marrow and Cancer Foundation
800‑365‑1336, bonemarrow.org
Chai Lifeline
212‑465‑1300, chailifeline.org
Compass to Care
773‑657‑3269, compasstocare.org
Corporate Angel Network
914‑328‑1313 , corpangelnetwork.org
Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
877‑426‑2838, dav.org/veterans
Expect Miracles Foundation
617‑391‑9235, expectmiraclesfoundation.org
Family Reach
857‑233‑2764, familyreach.org
First Hand Foundation
816‑201‑1569, firsthandfoundation.org
Fisher House Foundation
Good Days
877‑968‑7233, mygooddays.org
Head and Neck Cancer Alliance
866‑792‑4622, headandneck.org
Lazarex Cancer Foundation
877‑866‑9523, lazarex.org
Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF)
800‑500‑9976, lymphoma.org
Mercy Medical Angels
Miracle Flights
800‑359‑1711, miracleflights.org
Mission4Maureen
440‑840‑6497, mission4maureen.org
National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
800‑859‑6723, npcf.us
National Volunteer Transportation Center
Ocular Melanoma Foundation
Ovarcome
Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF)
800‑532‑5274, patientadvocate.org
Pinky Swear Foundation
952‑974‑9600, pinkyswear.org
Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation
The Actors Fund
800‑221‑7303, actorsfund.org
The Air Care Alliance
The National Children's Cancer Society (NCCS)
314‑241‑1600, thenccs.org
The Pink Fund
877‑234‑7465, thepinkfund.org
The Samfund
617‑938‑3484, thesamfund.org
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