CancerCare was founded in 1944 with the mission of helping cancer patients. Today it is a leading national nonprofit organization, helping people cope with and manage both the emotional and practical challenges of cancer. All of its services are provided by professional oncology social workers dedicated to supporting people affected by cancer. CancerCare services include resource navigation, individual counseling, support groups, education, resource referrals, and financial and co-payment assistance.
Its website offers information, tools, and interactive support and has grown to become a highly respected online cancer hub. Resources are organized by diagnosis and topic with links to the latest research, podcasts, and even downloadable fact sheets and questions to ask doctors.
CancerCare is committed to helping people affected by cancer cope with psychosocial issues by providing high-quality emotional and social support. CancerCare helps anyone affected by cancer, including people living with cancer, post-treatment survivors, caregivers, families, friends, and the bereaved. Support groups led by an oncology social worker both in-person in the New York metro area and virtually across the nation are available to all groups. In 2023, CancerCare provided 171,885 services to clients in all 50 states.
The CancerCare Co-Payment Assistance Foundation helps people afford the cost of co-payments for chemotherapy and targeted treatment drugs. It provides this assistance free of charge to ensure patient access to care and compliance with prescribed treatments.