Patient Access Network Foundation uses the following criteria to
determine eligibility for assistance:
1. You have to be insured and your insurance has to cover the
medication for which you are seeking assistance.
2. The medication you take must fight the disease directly.
3. You have to be a US resident.
4. Your income must fall below 300% of the Federal Poverty
Level.
Click
here
for the Federal Poverty Guidelines
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in
the United States. Malignant (cancerous) tumors occur when abnormal
cells, those that do not function like the body's normal cells,
begin to rapidly reproduce creating a mass of tissue. Like other
cancers, breast cancer can invade and grow into the tissue
surrounding the breast and may also travel to other parts of the
body to form new tumors.
There are many treatment options for breast cancer which includes
local or systemic therapy. Chemotherapy in addition to hormonal
therapy and biological therapy are systemic therapies which are
given in the bloodstream or by mouth to reach cancer cells that may
have spread throughout the body.
Private insurance and Medicare are the most common types of
health coverage for patients with BC. Both can lead to access issues
for many patients. As a result, low-to-moderate income beneficiaries
are often unable to afford the out-of-pocket costs associated with
their treatment.
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read a patient story.
