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2Unstoppable

2Unstoppable

Nationwide

Free live small-group virtual exercise classes led by certified Cancer Exercise Specialists, for women with any cancer including metastatic disease.

Physical Support
4th Angel Mentoring Program

4th Angel Mentoring Program

Nationwide

Free one-on-one phone mentoring that pairs patients and caregivers with trained volunteers who have been there.

Peer SupportEmotional Support
A Woman Like You Foundation of Kentuckiana, LLC

A Woman Like You Foundation of Kentuckiana, LLC

Louisville, Kentucky

A Woman Like You Foundation of Kentuckiana supports women facing challenges during their cancer journey by bridging gaps in care and resources. The organization empowers single women to be active participants in their fight against cancer and works to improve their quality of life through faith, hope, and love. They focus on helping women obtain education, services, and support to maximize their ability to overcome cancer.

EmotionalFoundations
ACS Cancer Action Network

ACS Cancer Action Network

Nationwide

The American Cancer Society's advocacy affiliate, fighting for laws and policies that help cancer patients and families.

PolicyAdvocacy
Action to Cure Kidney Cancer

Action to Cure Kidney Cancer

Nationwide

Provides education, community support, and research funding for kidney cancer.

EducationCommunity SupportResearch
Aim at Melanoma Foundation

Aim at Melanoma Foundation

Nationwide

Provides patient education, support resources, and melanoma research support.

EducationSupport ResourcesResearch
Air Care Alliance

Air Care Alliance

Nationwide

A central listing of free volunteer air transport groups serving patients nationwide.

Transportation
Air Charity Network

Air Charity Network

Nationwide

Volunteer pilots providing free air transportation to distant medical care.

Transportation
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation

Nationwide

Provides travel funding, family support programs, research funding, and clinical trial support for childhood cancer families.

Travel FundingFamily SupportResearch+1
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Summer Camps

Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Summer Camps

Nationwide

A nationwide directory of summer camps for children with cancer and their families, maintained by Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.

Camps
AliveAndKickn

AliveAndKickn

Nationwide

Advocacy and education for families affected by Lynch syndrome and hereditary colorectal cancer.

AwarenessHereditary Testing
American Academy of Dermatology

American Academy of Dermatology

Nationwide

Provides free skin cancer screenings, education, and access to dermatology specialists.

ScreeningsPhysician NetworkEducation
American Academy of Oral Medicine

American Academy of Oral Medicine

Nationwide

Provides specialist access and oral medicine expertise.

Specialist DirectoryClinical Expertise
American Association for Cancer Research

American Association for Cancer Research

Nationwide

The world's largest professional organization dedicated to preventing and curing cancer through research.

EducationResearch
American Brain Tumor Association

American Brain Tumor Association

Nationwide

Provides care consultants, support groups, education, and patient and caregiver resources nationwide.

HelplineCare ConsultantsSupport Groups+2
American Cancer Society

American Cancer Society

Nationwide

Provides helpline support, rides to treatment, Hope Lodge lodging, support groups, education, financial guidance, survivorship resources, and advocacy for all cancers.

HelplineRides To TreatmentLodging+12
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, Lexington

American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, Lexington

Lexington, Kentucky

Offers a place to stay for cancer patients and caregivers while they are undergoing treatment.

Housing
American Cancer Society tlc

American Cancer Society tlc

Nationwide

The ACS catalog of low-cost wigs, hats, and mastectomy products designed for people in treatment.

Products
American Cancer Society, Kentucky

American Cancer Society, Kentucky

Kentucky

The American Cancer Society has programs and services to help you manage cancer treatment and recovery and find the emotional support you need. And best of all, our help is free. Find programs and services in Kentucky.

AdvocacyEducationEmotional+1
American Childhood Cancer Organization

American Childhood Cancer Organization

Nationwide

Provides family support resources, education, and advocacy for childhood cancer.

Family SupportEducationAdvocacy+2
American Head and Neck Society

American Head and Neck Society

Nationwide

Provides treatment standards and a physician network for expert head and neck cancer care.

Specialist DirectoryTreatment StandardsPhysician Network
American Institute for Cancer Research

American Institute for Cancer Research

Nationwide

Research and education on how diet, weight, and activity affect cancer risk and survivorship.

EducationNutritionAdvocacy+3
American Liver Foundation

American Liver Foundation

Nationwide

Provides liver-related support, education, helpline access, and navigation resources.

Patient SupportEducationHelpline+4
American Lung Association

American Lung Association

Nationwide

Provides education, Better Breathers support groups, prevention resources, and screening awareness.

Support GroupsEducationPrevention+2
American Sexual Health Association

American Sexual Health Association

Nationwide

Provides HPV education, prevention information, screening guidance, and cervical cancer-related resources.

HPV EducationPreventionScreening Guidance+1
American Thyroid Association

American Thyroid Association

Nationwide

Provides patient education, expert resources, and access to thyroid specialists.

Clinical GuidelinesExpert ResourcesPhysician Network+1
Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation

Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation

Nationwide

Provides education, support, community, and conferences for rare blood cancers and disorders.

EducationSupportPatient Conferences+2
Appalachian Regional Healthcare

Appalachian Regional Healthcare

Hazard, Kentucky

Appalachian Regional Healthcare is a healthcare system serving the Appalachian region that provides comprehensive cancer care services to patients. The organization operates multiple hospitals and medical centers throughout Kentucky and West Virginia, offering cancer treatment and support through their cancer care programs.

Physical
Baptist Health Corbin

Baptist Health Corbin

Corbin, Kentucky

Baptist Health Corbin provides comprehensive cancer care services through their cancer center, including nurse navigation support to help patients through their cancer journey. The organization offers personal relationships and support services, with staff who understand the patient experience and provide ongoing assistance including access to local cancer coalitions for additional patient support.

PhysicalEmotional
Barren River Regional Cancer Center

Barren River Regional Cancer Center

Glasgow, Kentucky

Barren River Regional Cancer Center provides technologically advanced cancer treatment to the Glasgow/Barren County area with a team of specialists led by Dr. Craig Tyree. The center offers comprehensive radiation therapy services including stereotactic radiosurgery, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and image-guided radiation therapy in a comfortable and compassionate environment close to home.

Physical
Basser Center for BRCA

Basser Center for BRCA

Nationwide

The first center devoted to BRCA-related cancers, with research, education, and patient resources.

EducationHereditary Testing
Be The Match

Be The Match

Nationwide

Provides marrow donor registry services, patient navigation, and financial grants for transplant patients.

Donor RegistryFinancial GrantsPatient Navigation+1
Believe In Tomorrow Children's Foundation

Believe In Tomorrow Children's Foundation

Nationwide

Over 900,000 overnight accommodations provided to families of critically ill children from every state. Hospital housing near Johns Hopkins continues through an interim Residence Inn partnership while a new facility is built, alongside free respite houses in Maryland, Delaware, and North Carolina.

Family SupportHousing
Betty's Brave and Beautiful Hearts Foundation

Betty's Brave and Beautiful Hearts Foundation

Georgetown, Kentucky

Betty's Brave and Beautiful Hearts Foundation provides direct support to women in Kentucky battling breast cancer, focusing on post-mastectomy care and comfort items for healing at home. The organization bridges the gap between medical treatments and what patients need for comfortable recovery, with all items hand-selected based on personal experience and caregiving insights.

ProductsEmotionalFoundations
Big Sandy Health Care (KY Women's Cancer Screening)

Big Sandy Health Care (KY Women's Cancer Screening)

Prestonsburg, Kentucky

Provides KY Women's Cancer Screening services in eastern KY

Prevention & Screening
Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network

Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network

Nationwide

Provides nationwide support groups, survivor matching, a bladder cancer helpline, education, webinars, research funding, and advocacy.

Support GroupsSurvivor MatchingHelpline+4
Blood Cancer United (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)

Blood Cancer United (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society)

Nationwide

Provides financial assistance, patient navigation, support groups, education, and clinical trial navigation across blood cancers.

Financial AssistancePatient NavigationSupport Groups+10
Blue Faery

Blue Faery

Nationwide

Provides liver cancer support, education, awareness, and outreach.

Patient SupportEducationAwareness+1
Bluegrass Care Navigators

Bluegrass Care Navigators

Lexington, Kentucky

Bluegrass Care Navigators provides hospice, palliative care, and end-of-life services to seriously ill patients and their families in Kentucky. The organization offers physical, emotional, and spiritual care through a team of physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains who focus on comfort care and quality of life for patients facing terminal diagnoses.

EmotionalPhysical
Bluegrass Ovarian Cancer Support, Inc.

Bluegrass Ovarian Cancer Support, Inc.

Lexington, Kentucky

Bluegrass Ovarian Cancer Support provides support services to individuals with ovarian and gynecologic cancers through monthly support group meetings, educational programs, and community outreach. The organization offers resources for survivors, their families, and caregivers while connecting patients with healthcare providers and support services.

EmotionalEducation
Book for Hope

Book for Hope

Paducah, Kentucky

Book for Hope provides financial assistance to families with children actively undergoing cancer treatment in Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Northern Tennessee. The organization raises awareness about childhood cancer and contributes to research aimed at eradicating the disease while supporting families during their most challenging times.

FinancialResearch
Bracken County Cancer Support

Bracken County Cancer Support

Brooksville, Kentucky

Bracken County Cancer Support is a volunteer organization that helps individuals affected by cancer in their community. The organization provides gas cards to offset transportation costs for cancer patients currently undergoing treatment and requires medical documentation to determine eligibility for assistance.

TransportationFinancial
Brain Tumor Network

Brain Tumor Network

Nationwide

Offers personalized navigation, support, and resources for brain tumor patients.

NavigationSupport ServicesResources
Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Nationwide

Funds major breast cancer research and scientific breakthroughs.

ResearchInnovationEducation
Breath of Hope Kentucky

Breath of Hope Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Breath of Hope Kentucky raises awareness about lung cancer through education and community outreach. The organization supports lung cancer patients and their families by sharing survivor stories, providing information about early detection and screening, and working to reduce stigma associated with the disease.

AdvocacyEducationEmotional
Camp Mak-A-Dream

Camp Mak-A-Dream

Nationwide

Free, medically supervised Montana camp programs for children, teens, and adults affected by cancer.

Community ProgramsCamps
Camp Quality Kentuckiana

Camp Quality Kentuckiana

Leitchfield, Kentucky

Free summer camp for children diagnosed with cancer, with siblings welcome.

Camps
Camp Quality USA

Camp Quality USA

Nationwide

Free summer camps and year-round programs for children with cancer and their families.

Camps
Camp Sunshine

Camp Sunshine

Nationwide

Year round retreats in Casco, Maine for children with life threatening illnesses and their entire families, serving families from all 50 states free of charge.

CampsFamily Support
Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition

Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition

Nationwide

A coalition database that matches patients to financial assistance programs by diagnosis and zip code.

Financial Assistance
Cancer for College

Cancer for College

Nationwide

College scholarships for cancer survivors and patients pursuing higher education.

Scholarships
Cancer Hope Network

Cancer Hope Network

Nationwide

One-on-one peer support matching patients and caregivers with trained survivor volunteers.

Peer SupportEmotional Support
Cancer Research Institute

Cancer Research Institute

Nationwide

The pioneer of cancer immunotherapy research, funding science that harnesses the immune system.

EducationResearch
Cancer Support Community

Cancer Support Community

Nationwide

Provides free emotional and practical support, helpline access, virtual and in-person support groups, education, survivorship programs, and advocacy.

Emotional SupportPractical SupportHelpline+5
Cancer Survivors' Fund

Cancer Survivors' Fund

Nationwide

Scholarships and prosthetic assistance to help young cancer survivors get on with their future plans.

Scholarships
CancerCare

CancerCare

Nationwide

Offers free counseling, support groups, educational workshops, limited financial assistance, and navigation support for all cancer types.

CounselingSupport GroupsEducational Workshops+6
Capital Ovarian Cancer Organization (C.O.C.O.)

Capital Ovarian Cancer Organization (C.O.C.O.)

Frankfort, Kentucky

The Capital Ovarian Cancer Organization provides support services for women and families fighting ovarian cancer. The organization raises awareness, increases early detection, and contributes to research for ovarian cancer while providing women with information needed to make educated healthcare decisions.

EmotionalEducationAdvocacy
Case for Smiles

Case for Smiles

Nationwide

Cheerful handmade pillowcases that brighten hospital rooms for kids in treatment.

Products
Casting for Recovery

Casting for Recovery

Nationwide

Free fly-fishing retreats that combine healing, support, and the outdoors for women with breast cancer.

Community ProgramsExperiences
CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control

CDC Division of Cancer Prevention and Control

Nationwide

The CDC's national programs for cancer prevention, screening access, and survivorship.

ScreeningEducationPrevention