Lazarex Cancer Foundation

This organization provides support and resources to cancer patients, their families, and community members, including navigation services, financial assistance for clinical trials, and community-based cancer care programs. Services offered: Cancer patient lay navigation services, Resources, One-on-one and family support for patients and their loved ones, caregivers and people at high risk of developing cancer, Assessment of patient or caregiver needs, Accompanying a patient to major medical appointments in person or remotely, Referrals to address mental health issues, Identify internal and external resources, Explaining in lay language important aspects of their treatment regimen, Connecting patients to support groups, Connecting patients to government agencies and nonprofit organizations that may provide wigs, housing assistance, welfare, immigration, nutrition, physical activity programs and other services, Financial assistance to advanced-stage cancer patients who want to participate in U.S. Food and Drug Administration–approved clinical trials, Education on open trials, how and why they are conducted, and how they can be viable treatment options, Community-based cancer care with a focus on prevention, screenings, early detection, standard of care, leveraging community cancer assets and treatment pathways, and connecting patients to cancer clinical trials