Myeloma

CancerCare Launches New Program to Help Multiple Myeloma Patients Cover Transportation Costs

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 4th, 2009

CancerCare announced the launch of the "Door to Door" program for patients with multiple myeloma. CancerCare's program will provide individual grants of up to $600 annually to multiple myeloma patients for covering transportation costs such as gasoline and taxi, bus or train fare to and from their medical care.

The program is funded in part by a generous grant from Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company. CancerCare is a national non-profit organization based in New York City that provides free support services to people affected by cancer.

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the bone marrow that is diagnosed in approximately 20,000 people annually in...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-08-04)

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