As we searched for treatment options for my husband, diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer, I reached out to Cancer Commons for assistance. We had exhausted the usual course of radiation, and chemo, and were looking for alternatives since there are only a handful of FDA approved options for glioblastoma. Their assistance in identifying the most promising clinical trials and treatment strategies was invaluable. Being a caretaker for someone with a terminal illness is a lonely and scary place - but with Cancer Commons I felt like I had an entire team (of super smart, and very caring people) helping me make the next best decision. I recently watched their founder's TED TALK on Rapid Learning for Precision Oncology, and believe (and pray) they will be instrumental in changing the paradigm of cancer treatment. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y4p83VEp-s
For anybody diagnosed with cancer, there is no better second opinion available than Cancer Commons, where you will receive extremely well informed, compassionate, supportive and timely information that will take a big load off your shoulders in your war against this formidable disease.
Nobody, no matter what their level of medical knowledge or disease progression, should forego the enormous advantage of having the Cancer Commons team helping to navigate the sea of uncertainty created by a diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
The diagnosis of cancer is by itself very devastating, the advice and guidance I got from Cancer Commons have been so reassuring that have made my journey much easier. Having a knowledgeable counselor is therapeutic by itself. I want to express especial thanks and gratitude to Emma Shtivelman for her dedication to cancer patients, and to the Cancer Commons organization for the tremendous service to the community. Dr. Bernard Wosk
To whoever reads this: You will not believe the level, quality and warmth of the support you will get from Cancer Commons. They will provide the latest up-to-date advice that you would probably not be able to get anywhere, and I DO mean anywhere. As their patient you will no longer have to contact one or several specialists for a second opinion or spend endless hours researching medical databases to find the right treatment for you. They will do it for you providing more pertinent information than you even dreamed possible.
This support and advice is certainly worth many, many thousands of dollars, but every Cancer Commons patient gets it absolutely free. If you have the means and are willing to make a contribution, they will not refuse it, but they have been supporting me for years and have never billed me a single penny.
The only thing they have not yet been able to do is to hand me a cure for my stage 4 lung cancer on a silver platter, but I am absolutely convinced they will do so one fine day, the very moment a cure pops up in the medical universe anywhere in the world.
Can't recommend them enough.
As a consulting patient concierge to the friends and family of Cancer Commons' major donors, I hear directly and often from patients reaching out to our ASK Cancer Commons service in their desperate search for the treatment options leading to the best possible outcome for them. Their stories of gratitude, along with the vision of the organization's founder, cancer warrior and rain maker, inspire and move me daily. Cancer Commons is building a unique knowledge-sharing network empowering scientists, patients and their physicians to identify personalized options in the fight of their lives. The Cancer Commons team, along with patients from 44 countries to date, are truly changing the way the world treats cancer. I'm not only a consultant to Cancer Commons, I'm a donor, and I hope you'll join me as a partner in this mission and powerful work.