Know 5 institutions that help cancer patients

Facing a cancer diagnosis is not easy! With all the worries about your well-being comes pain, difficulties, and low self-esteem. However, it is important to remember to say that there are institutions which help cancer patients. They are helped by volunteers to achieve their mission: alleviate the pain patients go through in such a delicate process.

knowing there are people there to help you is very important and contributes positively to your treatment. This way, it is essential to know how these institutions work, what are their objectives etc.

In this article, we will show the most common ones and briefly explain what they can offer to help you in this situation. Want to know more? Keep on reading!

1. Femama

The Brazilian Federation of Breast Health Aid's Philanthropic Institutions (FEMAMA in Portuguese) is a non-profit institution in which its main objective is reducing the breast-cancer-related deaths in the country.

FEMAMA works focused on spreading information and guaranteeing accessible and quality mammographies for women. By doing that, the institution helps to reduce the time between the diagnoses and the beginning of the treatment, increasing the chances of cure.

2. Rede Feminina de Combate ao Câncer

The Rede Feminina de Combate ao Câncer (Women's Network of Cancer Combat) is a non-profit institution which gives assistance for women on poor situations who are victimized by cancer. They raise resources to help them in the recovering phase.

Besides, they offer emotional support, host, materials to clear up possible doubts, spread important information and motivate these women about treatments.

3. GAPC

The Grupo de Apoio a Pessoas com Câncer (Cancer Patients' Support Group) aims to help people with cancer and their families. They provide food supplements, medicines, diapers, prostheses, nutritional, psychological and physiotherapy care, and offer legal assistance,  orientations, courses, and speeches. Their main worry is with information because they want people to be conscious of their rights and what is needed to be done to prevent the disease.

4. Abrale

The Brazilian Association of Lymphoma and Leukemia has the goal to democratize the treatment of the disease and improve the quality of life of hematological patients.

They offer assistance for the patients by making available specialized professionals, answer questions about the treatment and disease, and facilitate the access to legal, psychological and nutritional support.

5. Fundação Laço Rosa

Funded by Aline Lopes and her sisters, the Laço Rosa Foundation has the mission to help women with breast cancer. It has various projects which impact not only the lives of the patients but also who goes along in the patients' journey.

It has a wig-base, that makes wigs available for any cancer patient. You just need to make the request online, choose the one you like the best and fill in the form with personal data. However, it is needed to scan the medical report and send it as an attachment.

These are the main institutions that help cancer patients. Knowing the existence of those is very important to assist you to look for help, and also, be sure you have chosen the right and most serious organization.

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