Orchid Healthcare Solutions’ goal is to restore the patient’s dignity in your cancer care journey. We do this though providing our care Navigation services platform that identifies unique therapeutic options and access to our comprehensive oncology database. Orchid is defined as the … [Read more...] about Orchid Healthcare Solutions, Restoring Dignity on Your Healthcare Journey
Cancer in Specific Populations
TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
The Black Breast Cancer Alliance drives the collaborative efforts of patients, survivors, advocates, advocacy organizations, health care professionals, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies to work collectively and with accountability towards the common goal of eradicating Black Breast … [Read more...] about TOUCH, The Black Breast Cancer Alliance
Jerome Freedman PhD, CMT, Mindfulness and Healing for Children Living with Cancer, Health Coach and Mentor
An article by Pamela Paul in the New York Times on October 6, 2023 entitled It Takes a Lifetime to Survive Childhood Cancer inspired me to use my skills to help children living with cancer and their families cope with their diagnosis. I am a father of a child who survived childhood cancer. He is … [Read more...] about Jerome Freedman PhD, CMT, Mindfulness and Healing for Children Living with Cancer, Health Coach and Mentor
Oliver Patch Project
Empowering Children with Pediatric Cancers through the Power of Patches! Our Backstory In May 2020, our oldest son Oliver (9) was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - A.L.L. To say our family was thrown for a … [Read more...] about Oliver Patch Project
Teens and Young Adults
Allyson Whitney Foundation, Inc Provides young adult cancer patients with ‘Life Interrupted Grants™' to ease their financial burdens so that they can concentrate their energy on healing. For U.S. citizens between the ages of 16 and 36 years of age who are currently undergoing treatment or recently … [Read more...] about Teens and Young Adults
Native Americans
American Indian Cancer Foundation This Foundation imagines a world where cancer is no longer the leading cause of death for American Indians and Alaska Natives. Our mission is to eliminate the cancer burdens of Indigenous people through improved access to prevention, early detection, treatment, and … [Read more...] about Native Americans
LGBTQIA
Quick facts 1 million. The number of LGBTQ+ cancer survivors in the country today (National LGBT Cancer Network, 2020) 7 types of cancer disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ people, including anal cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, … [Read more...] about LGBTQIA
Latinas and Latinos
Circulo de Vida In the field of cancer, many of the inroads to increasing language-specific psychosocial support in the San Francisco Bay Area can be directly attributed to Círculo de Vida Cancer Support and Resource Center. Founded in 1992, Círculo de Vida is the first successful Spanish-language … [Read more...] about Latinas and Latinos