These resources have been selected to help you find information on many aspects of living with lung cancer, resources in your area, and specific kinds of assistance. Links to an outside website will open in a new window or tab in your browser.
Emotional support
The Stigma of Lung Cancer, by Lynn Eldridge, MD, Verywell.com, updated May 21, 2022
Living With Uncertainty, from the LiveStrong Foundation
Lung Cancer and Depression: Importance, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment, by Lynn Eldridge, MD, Verywell.com, updated June 16, 2023
Lung Cancer Smoker's Guilt: Coping With Guilty Feelings for Smokers With Lung Cancer, by Lynne Eldridge, MD, Verywell.com, updated February 14, 2024
Handling Negative Comments During Lung Cancer Treatment: Coping with the Stupid Things People Say with Lung Cancer, by Lynn Eldridge, MD, Verywell.com, updated January 27, 2022
General and medical financial assistance
HealthWell Foundation
Assists with copays, premiums, deductibles, and out-of-pocket expenses.
Financial Treatment Program
Get financial education, planning, and resource navigation you need to help manage your finances during cancer treatment with the Financial Treatment Program.
Cancer Financial Assistance Coalition
Financial assistance for biomarker testing
Co-Pay Relief (Patient Advocate Foundation)
Covers the cost of physician-prescribed genetic and genomic tests for cancer for patients who meet eligibility criteria.
Paying for Biomarker Testing
Pagar por la prueba de biomarcadores
LUNGevity's one-page fact sheets, in English and Spanish, on paying for biomarker testing
Pharmaceutical assistance
RxAssist (www.RxAssist.org)
Offers a comprehensive database of these patient assistance programs, as well as practical tools, news, and articles so that health care professionals and patients can find the information they need
NeedyMeds (www.NeedyMeds.org)
A website of free information on programs that help people who can't afford medications and health care costs
CancerCare Copayment Assistance Foundation (www.CancerCoPay.org)
A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping patients afford their copayments for chemotherapy and targeted treatment drugs
Patient Access Network Foundation
Nutritional support
Savor Health
Dedicated to making the lives of cancer patients and their caregivers easier and less stressful by providing services that relieve them of the significant time, energy, and worry associated with ensuring proper nutrition for themselves and their loved ones
Housing and utility assistance
Making Home Affordable (US Department of Housing and Urban Development)
Helps homeowners get mortgage relief and avoid foreclosure
Home Ownership Preservation Foundation
Independent national nonprofit dedicated to guiding consumers onto the path of sustainable home ownership and improving their overall financial health
Assisted Living Options for People with Disabilities
Covers information on supportive living options as well as sources of financial support
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Provides heating and cooling assistance to roughly 6.7 million households
Legal/employment assistance
Triage Cancer
A national nonprofit organization that provides education on the practical and legal issues that may impact individuals diagnosed with cancer and their caregivers, through free events, materials, and resources.
Cancer Legal Resource Center
A national program of the Disability Rights Legal Center. Provides information and education about cancer-related legal issues to the public through its national telephone assistance line and online assistance form, as well as a library of free online fact sheets, webinars, and other publications. Download the CLRC’s Patient Legal Handbook here.
LawHelp
Helps people of low and moderate incomes find free legal aid programs in their communities, answers to questions about their legal rights, and forms to help them with their legal problems
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Enforces federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information
Job Accommodation Network
A source of free, expert, and confidential guidance on workplace accommodations and disability employment issues
Cancer and Careers
Empowers and educates people with cancer to thrive in their workplace by providing expert advice, interactive tools, and educational events
Finding lodging near treatment centers
Joe's House
Website listing thousands of places to stay across the country near hospitals and treatments centers that offer a discount for traveling patients and their loved ones
American Cancer Society Lodging Program
The American Cancer Society, in a cooperative effort with hotels across the country, provides overnight accommodations to cancer patients who must travel for outpatient treatment and need assistance with lodging
Healthcare Hospitality Network
A nationwide professional association of nearly 200 unique, nonprofit organizations that provide lodging and support services to patients, families, and their loved ones who are receiving medical treatment far from their home communities
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National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses, Inc. (www.NAHHH.org)
An association of more than 150 nonprofit organizations located throughout the U.S. that provide family-centered lodging and support services to families and their loved ones who are receiving medical treatment far from their home communities
Medical equipment
Medicare
Enter your zipcode to find suppliers of the following medical equipment and supplies
Camps and respite services
Camp Kesem
Provides summer camp experiences for over 3,800 children across the country who have been affected by their parent’s diagnosis of cancer
First Descents
Offers young adult cancer fighters and survivors a free outdoor adventure experience designed to empower them
ARCH National Respite Network
A service to help caregivers and professionals locate respite services in their community
Transportation
Provides people in need with access to free air transportation to specialized health care facilities or distant destinations due to family, community, or national crisis.
Air Care Alliance
A nationwide league of humanitarian flying organizations whose volunteer pilot members are dedicated to community service. Includes a listing of volunteer pilots or an aviation charitable group by location.
Corporate Angel Network (www.CorpAngelNetwork.org)
Helps to ease the emotional stress, physical discomfort, and financial burden of travel for cancer patients by arranging free flights to treatment centers, using the empty seats on corporate aircraft flying on routine business
Mercy Medical Angels
Providing assistance for non-emergency medical transportation for on-going or critical treatment. They help with air travel, gas cards, bus and train tickets—all at no cost to patients.
National Patient Travel Center
Provides information about all forms of charitable, long-distance medical transportation and provides referrals to all appropriate sources of help available in the national charitable medical transportation network
Road To Recovery
Free rides to cancer-related medical appointments.
Other services
Dental Lifeline
Provides access to dental care and education for people who cannot afford it and who have a permanent disability, are elderly (age 65 or older), or are medically fragile
Eye Care America
A public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology that provides access to medical eye care