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Need Help Paying for Transportation and Lodging?(0)

December 14, 2009

Hope Lodge is a housing program supported by the American Cancer Society, providing free housing on a temporary basis for cancer patients undergoing treatment. For information and a listing of lodges, visit the web site athttp://www.cancer.org/docroot/subsite/hopelodge/index.asp
Road to Recovery, another ACS program, offers transportation to and from treatments for cancer patients. More information is available by [...]

Need Help Paying for Medication?

Relief from the high costs of medications is often needed. Among the organizations that help:
NeedyMeds, at www.needymeds.com, is a nonprofit that helps patients by referring them to patient assistance programs to help with medication costs.
Patient assistance programs are offered by some pharmaceutical companies. To find them, ask your doctor or social worker or find the drug’s [...]

Need Help Paying for Treatment?

A number of nonprofit organizations can help with financial assistance when treatment expenses for cancer are overwhelming. A sampling:
CancerCare (www.cancercare.org, 800-813-4673), offers financial assistance in the form of limited grants for certain treatment expenses. Services also include practical help and support via the free phone line or the website.
National Marrow Donor Program (www.marrow.org, 888-999-6743) has [...]

Social Well-Being and Cancer Survivorship

RICHARD HARA, PhD, Director of Online Services
DIANE BLUM, MSW, Executive Director
CancerCare
New York, New York
Financial Disclosure:
The authors have no significant financial interest or other relationship with the manufacturers of any products or providers of any service mentioned in this article.

Bill, 53 years old and a 3-year survivor of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, reflects on his ongoing [...]


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