The Fibrolamellar Registry is focused on helping patients advance research into fibrolamellar by sharing their medical information with researchers. Its patient registry gathers survey information, medical histories, and test results for patients with FLC, and stores them in a highly secure database.
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Air Charity Network serves all 50 states and its volunteer pilots utilize their own aircraft, fuel and time to provide free air transportation to medical facilities for citizens who are financially distressed or otherwise unable to travel on public transportation. Air Charity Network members also coordinate flights to fly organ transplant candidates, people involved in clinical trials, chemotherapy or other repetitive treatment, disabled or sick children to special summer camp programs, and for many other humanitarian reasons.
First Descents provides life-changing outdoor adventures for young adults (ages 18 – 39) impacted by cancer and other serious health conditions. Their programs, which are provided free of cost, ensure empowering adventures, unforgettable settings, and essential connections with fellow participants.
Epic Experience provides free week long adventure camps in Colorado for adult cancer survivors and thrivers. Epic Experience accepts all applicants 18+ no matter where they are in their cancer journey – whether in treatment or out of treatment for many years. The camps are open to the adult cancer community around the United States and Canada. Epic Experience camps are hosted both in the winter and summer months. The winter camps involve cross country skiing, snow shoeing, and sledding, while the summer camps focus on white water rafting, inflatable kayaking, and hiking.
Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee is a magnificent “biography” of cancer – from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it, to a radical new understanding of its essence. It won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.
The Ruth Cheatham Foundation Scholarship Program is designed to provide funding to cancer patients and cancer survivors between the ages of 17 and 26 who wish to continue their education through an accredited undergraduate school, trade school or graduate school. Scholarships will be awarded to applicants based on financial need and personal hardship.
Chemocare is designed to provide the latest information about chemotherapy to patients and their families, caregivers and friends. The information on Chemocare.com is provided by the medical professionals at Cleveland Clinic Cancer Center. The content is updated frequently with the latest and most up-to-date chemotherapy related information.
Make-A-Wish strives to grant the wish of every child under age 18 diagnosed with a critical illness. A wish experience can be a game-changer for a child with a critical illness. At the time of referral to the Make-A-Wish program, children must be diagnosed with a critical illness, be older than 2½ years and younger than 18, and have not received a wish from another wish-granting organization.
Inheritance Of Hope strives to inspire hope in young families facing the loss of a parent. They take families facing the loss of a parent on a life-changing Legacy Retreat®, an all expenses-paid experience where families create lifelong memories and receive tools to navigate the challenges of terminal illness.