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Where to Find Information Support and Assistance

As of June 3, 2026, the following are resources that can assist you in finding information, support, and assistance. Also, at this time, the resources were validated as legal and trustworthy. Please visit the website and recheck before taking any action.

**Check at the end of this document for multilingual and caregiver resources. 

General Cancer Support

  • American Cancer Society – cancer.org | 📞 800‑227‑2345
  • American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists – aasect.org | 📞 319‑895‑8407
  • American Dental Association (Treatments including Chemotherapy affect teeth and gums) – ada.org | 📞 312‑440‑2500
  • American Institute for Cancer Research – aicr.org | 📞 800‑843‑8114
  • Bristol‑Myers Squibb (Prescription Drug Cost Assistance) – bms.com | 📞 800‑332‑2056
  • CanCare – cancare.org | 📞 713‑461‑0028
  • CancerCare Co‑Payment Assistance Foundation – cancercarecopay.org | 📞 866‑552‑6729
  • Cancer Care Organization (Counseling, Support, Education, Financial Assistance) – cancercare.org | 📞 800‑813‑4673
  • Cancer Hope Network – cancerhopenetwork.org | 📞 877‑467‑3638
  • Cancer Research Institute – cancerresearch.org | 📞 800‑992‑2623
  • Cancer Support Community – cancersupportcommunity.org | 📞 888‑793‑9355
  • Cancer Survivors Fund (Scholarships and financial aid for young adult survivors) – cancersurvivorsfund.org | 📞 281‑437‑7142
  • Center Watch (Clinical Trials Information) – centerwatch.com | 📞 609‑945‑0101
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Phone numbers vary by type of service requested, check website for details) – cms.gov
  • Coping with Cancer – copingwithcancer.org | 📞 615‑790‑2400
  • Dana Farber Cancer Institute – https://dana-farber.org/patient-family/support-services | 📞 617‑632‑3000
  • Faces of Courage – facesofcourage.org | 📞 813‑948‑7479
  • Genentech Patient Access – gene.com/patients/patient-access | 📞 877‑436‑3683
  • Harvard School of Public Health of Nutrition – nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu | 📞 617‑432‑1851
  • HeatlthWell Foundation – healthwellfoundation.org | 📞 800-675-8416
  • Help for Cancer Caregivers – helpforcancercaregivers.org | 📞 855‑227‑3640
  • Hope for Two… Pregnant with Cancer – hopefortwo.org | 📞 800‑743‑4471
  • Imerman Angels – imerman.org | 📞 866‑463‑7626
  • Leiomyosarcoma Support & Direct Research Foundation – LMSDR.org | 📞 866‑912-2730
  • Livestrong – livestrong.org | 📞 877‑236‑8820
  • Lymphatic Education & Research Network – lymphaticnetwork.org | 📞 516‑625‑9675
  • National Cancer Institute – cancer.gov | 📞 800‑422‑6237
  • National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials Registry – cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/search | 📞 800‑422‑6237
  • National Cancer Institute (Of the National Institutes of Health) – cancer.gov or nih.gov | 📞 800-4-Cancer (800‑422‑6237) or NIH main #301-496-4000
  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health – nccih.nih.gov | 📞 888-644-6226
  • National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship – canceradvocacy.org | 📞 877‑622‑7937
  • National Comprehensive Cancer Network – nccn.org/patients | 📞 215‑690‑0300
  • National Institutes of Health (National Library of Medicine) – clinicaltrials.gov
  • The Oley Foundation (Help for Patients on home infusion) – oley.org | 📞 800-776-6539
  • OncoLink (University of Pennsylvania) – oncolink.org
  • Patient Advocate Foundation | 📞 800-532-5274
  • Patient Access Network Foundation (Financial Assistance for many cancers)– panfoundation.org | 📞 866‑316‑7263
  • ATIRN (Financial Assistance for many cancers)– BlochCancer.org | 📞 800-433-0464
  • Triage Cancer – triagecancer.org | 📞 424‑258‑4628
  • United Ostomy Association of America – ostomy.org | 📞 800‑826‑0826
  • Vitals (Website to find a doctor by cancer specialty) – vitals.com | 📞 201‑842‑0760
  • WebMD Cancer Resources – webmd.com/cancer/default.htm

Blood, Bone Marrow & Skeletal Cancer

  • American Society for Blood & Marrow Transplantation – asbmt.org | 📞 847‑427‑0224
  • Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation (Support for Paget’s Disease) – bonehealthandosteoporosis.org
  • Blood & Marrow Transplant Information Network – bmtinfonet.org | 📞 868‑597‑7674
  • Blood Cancer United – bloodcancerunited.org | 📞 800‑955‑4572
  • Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation – bonemarrow.org | 📞 248‑365‑1336
  • Chordoma Foundation – chordomafoundation.org | 📞 919‑809‑6779
  • CLL Society (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Small Lymphocytic Society Request support online) – cllsociety.org
  • Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation – clfoundation.org | 📞 248‑544‑9014
  • International Myeloma Foundation – myeloma.org | 📞 800‑452‑2873
  • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (See Blood Cancer United)
  • Lymphoma Research Foundation – lymphoma.org | 📞 800‑500‑9976
  • MPN Advocacy & Education International – mpnadvocacy.com | 📞 517‑899‑6889
  • MPN Education Foundation – mpninfo.org
  • MPN Research Foundation – mpnresearchfoundation.org | 📞 773‑977‑7216
  • Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation – theMMRF.org | 📞 203-229-0464
  • Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation – mds-foundation.org | 📞 800‑MDS‑0839
  • National Bone Marrow Transplant Link – nbmtlink.org | 📞 800‑546‑5268
  • National Lymphedema Institute – lymphnet.org | 📞 800‑546‑5268
  • National Marrow Donor Program (formerly Be The Match – global nonprofit in cell therapy) – nmdp.org | 📞 800‑627‑7692
  • The Max Foundation – themaxfoundation.org | 📞 425‑778‑8660

Brain & Central Nervous System

Breast Cancer

Carcinoid / Endocrine

  • The Carcinoid Cancer Foundation – carcinoid.org | 📞 914‑683‑1001
  • International Neuroendocrine Cancer Alliance – incalliance.org | 📞 914‑683‑1001
  • The Lois Merrill Foundation (Carcinoid/neuroendocrine tumor patients and other rare cancers) – theloismerrillfoundation.org
  • Neuroendocrine Cancer Awareness Network – netcancerawareness.org | 📞 866‑850‑9555
  • Neuroendocrine Cancer Foundation – ncf.net
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation – netrf.org | 📞 617‑946‑1780
  • Beverlin Adrenocortical Carcinoma Research Fund (MD Anderson) – adrenocorticalcarcinoma.com | 📧 beverlin@ix.netcom.com

Childhood / Young Adult

  • 1Voice Foundation – 1voicefoundation.org | 📞 813‑787‑3042
  • 13Thirty Cancer Connect – 13thirty.org | 📞 585‑563‑6221
  • American Childhood Cancer Organization – acco.org | 📞 855‑858‑2226
  • Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation – cbtf.org | 📞 212‑448‑9494
  • CureSearch for Children’s Cancer – curesearch.org | 📞 800‑458‑6223
  • Dear Jack Foundation (physical and emotional needs) – dearjackfoundation.org | 📞 720‑463‑4805
  • HopeKids – hopekids.org | 📞 813‑838‑8593
  • Make‑A‑Wish Foundation (Grants Wishes of Children with cancer and their families) – makeawish.org
  • The National Children’s Cancer Society – thenccs.org | 📞 314‑241‑1600 / 📞 800‑532‑6459
  • National Children’s Leukemia Foundation – leukemiafoundation.org | 📞 800‑448‑3467 / 718‑251‑1222
  • Starlight Foundation (Wishes, entertainment, education and activities) – starlight.org | 📞 310‑479‑1212
  • Stupid Cancer Inc. – stupidcancer.org | 📞 212‑619‑1040
  • Teen Cancer America – teencanceramerica.org | 📞 310‑208‑0400
  • Ulman Foundation – ulmanfoundation.org | 📞 410‑964‑0202 / 📞 393‑FUND (3863)
  • ViaCord (Umbilical Cord Blood Banking) – umbilicord.com | 📞 866‑668‑4895

Complementary & Integrated Care

Depression Related to Cancer

  • American Psychosocial Oncology Society – apos-society.org | 📞 866‑276‑7443

Eye Cancer

Fertility

Financial Assistance

Non‑Medical Financial Help

  • NeighborWorks America – nw.org | 📞 202‑220‑2300
  • Expect Miracles Foundation (Supporting Young Adult Cancer Suvivors) – thesamfund.org | 📞 617‑938‑3484

Gastrointestinal Cancer

Gynecologic

Hospice

  • American Cancer Society (search hospice within site for local information and links) – cancer.org | 📞 800‑227‑2345
  • Choice in Dying (Compassion & Choices) – compassionandchoices.org | 📞 800‑247‑742
  • National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (Caring Connections) – caringinfo.org | 📞 800‑658‑8898

Hotlines for Support

  • Cancer Hope Network – cancerhopenetwork.org | 📞 877‑467‑3638
  • 4th Angel (Cleveland Clinic) – 📞 216‑445‑8734
  • Dave Dravecky’s Outreach of Hope – endurance.org | 📞 303‑962‑7595
  • Richard & Annette Bloch Family Foundation Hotline – blochcancer.org | 📞 800‑433‑0464
  • Friend For Life – Cancer Support Network – friend4life.org | 📞 866‑374‑3634
  • Imerman Angels (Site also provides to many resources) – imermanangels.org | 📞 312‑274‑5529

Housing & Transportation

  • American Cancer Society Hope Lodge – cancer.org/HopeLodge | 📞 800‑227‑2345
  • Corporate Angel Network (Air Travel) – corpangelnetwork.org | 📞 914‑328‑1313
  • Joe’s House (Discounts for accommodations at major hotels) – joeshouse.org | 📞 877‑563‑7468
  • Healthcare Hospitality Network – hhnnetwork.org | 📞 800‑318‑8861
  • Mercy Medical Angels (Air/Ground Transport, Gas Cards) – mercymedical.org | 📞 757‑318‑9174
  • Ronald McDonald House Charities (Global – apply online to connect to a local chapter) – rmhc.org

In‑Home Help

Insurance & Aid

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Provides both medical insurance and legal information) – medicare.gov | 📞 800‑633‑4227
  • Medicaid (Phone numbers by location) – cms.gov
  • Social Security Administration (Phone numbers by location) – ssa.gov
  • State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) (A federal-state partnership offers low-cost or free coverage to uninsured children of low-wage working parents– insurekidsnow.gov | 📞 877‑543‑7669

Leukemia

  • See Blood Category for information & assistance

Legal & Insurance Help

  • Alliance of Claims Assistance Professionals (Professional Assistance with Claims) – claims.org | 📞 888‑394‑5163
  • CancerCare Inc. (Counseling, support groups, restricted financial assistance, education and referrals – cancercare.org | 📞 800‑813‑4673 (HOPE)
  • Cancer Nation – canceradvocacy.org | 📞 888‑937‑6227 (888-YES-NCCS)
  • Department of Health & Human Services Inspector General Hotline (Answers complaints regarding fraud or other abuses related to Medicare or Medicaid. Help with entitlements and benefits, and information on insurance and community resources) – oig.hhs.gov | 📞 800‑447‑8477
  • Patient Advocate Foundation – patientadvocate.org | 📞 800‑532‑5274
  • State Insurance Commission (Information about coverage for the uninsurable with pre-existing conditions, and about patients’ rights) – insuranceclaimsconsult.com
  • Triage Cancer (Events, legal information, and education) – triagecancer.org | 📞 424‑258‑4628
  • Veterans Benefits – va.gov | 📞 877‑222‑8387 (VETS)

Liver

Lung

Metastatic Cancers

  • Jack & Jill Late Stage Cancer Foundation – jajf.org | 📞 404‑279‑5211

Oral / Head & Neck / Thyroid

  • Acinic Cell Information Center – aciniccell.org
  • Head & Neck Cancer Alliance – headandneck.org | 📞 866‑792‑4622
  • International Association of Laryngectomees – theialvoice.org | 📞 678‑767‑2955
  • Oral Cancer Foundation – oralcancerfoundation.org | 📞 949‑723‑4400
  • Support for People with Oral & Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC) – spohnc.org | 📞 800‑377‑0928
  • THANC Foundation – thancfoundation.org | 📞 646‑685‑3982
  • ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. – thyca.org | 📞 877‑588‑7904
  • Web Whisperers – webwhispers.org
  • Pediatric Cancer (See Childhood Section for Information and Assistance)

Rare Cancers

  • National Organization for Rare Diseases (NORD) – rarediseases.org | 📞 800‑999‑6673

Sarcoma

Skin

  • AIM at Melanoma Foundation – aimatmelanoma.org | 📞 633‑236‑3635
  • American Academy of Dermatology Association – aad.org | 📞 888‑462‑3376 (DERM)
  • Melanoma Care Coalition – melanomacare.org | 📞 845‑398‑5100
  • Melanoma Research Alliance – curemelanoma.org | 📞 202‑336‑8935
  • Melanoma Research Foundation – melanoma.org | 📞 202‑347‑9675 / 800‑673‑1290
  • The Skin Cancer Foundation – skincancer.org | 📞 212‑725‑5176

Urological (Bladder, Kidney, Prostate, Testicular)

Prescription Discounts

Dental & Other Support

Caregiver Support Organizations

Multilingual Services

  • ACS (Access to ATT language line) – 📞 800‑227‑2345 (option 9 – Ask for a person who speaks your language of choice)
  • ASCO Patient Guides (Spanish) (Primarily for those of Asian and Pacific Islander descent) – plwc.org | 📞 415‑954‑9988
  • CDC Spanish‑Language Cancer Information – cdc.gov