INTERNATIONAL CANCER

Mission

ICAN'S MISSION IS TWO-FOLD: TO OPTIMIZE STAGE IV CANCER PATIENT SURVIVAL AND WORK TO ATTAIN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE QUALITY OF LIFE. ICAN ASSISTS STAGE IV CANCER PATIENTS WITH 1) DIRECT PATIENT NAVIGATION AND CUSTOMIZED ADVOCACY SERVICES; 2) REFERRALS TO ONCOLOGISTS IN ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS AS WELL AS COMMUNITY PRACTICES; 3) EDUCATING PATIENTS REGARDING THE IMPERATIVE OF MOLECULAR PROFILING; 4) EXPEDITING ACCESS TO MOLECULAR PROFILING; 5) EDUCATING PATIENTS AND THEIR CARE PARTNERS REGARDING CLINICAL TRIALS AND MOLECULAR MATCHING OF THE PATIENT TO CLINICAL TRIALS; AND 6) EXPEDITING PATIENT ACCESS TO COMPASSIONATE USE/EXPANDED ACCESS PROGRAMS. ICAN IS A PAN-SOLID TUMOR, PAN-SARCOMA, AND PAN-RARE CANCER PATIENT ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION AND RESEARCH ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. ICAN ALSO FOCUSES ON EXPANDING PATIENT ACCESS AND GALVANIZING OUR COLLABORATORS TO ASSIST UNDER-RESOURCED PATIENT COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. ICAN ANNUALLY AWARDS RESEARCH GRANTS BASED ON SPECIAL EVENT PROCE

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