Financial Assistance

FINANCIAL TOXICITY IS AN increasingly used term that describes the multiple negative consequences of medical care costs on the patient, whether it be for cancer or another serious illness.

In a special issue of CURE® magazine, we focus on financial issues related to cancer care.

Organizations offer free services and goods for patients with cancer.

During his career doing humanitarian work in the Middle East and central Asia, Len Rodgers has been no stranger to adversity. In 1967, he and his family were evacuated from Lebanon during the Six-Day War. “I’ve seen just about every Middle East war since,” Rodgers says. But in 2003, he faced his biggest battle yet.

Hotel Keys of Hope offers patients discounted or free hotel rooms to ease travel for cancer care.

Many pharmaceutical companies provide assistance for medications that patients desperately need.

Adolescents and young adults need not face cancer’s financial burden alone.

Charitable organizations offer help to patients who are struggling.