Cancer Nation (formerly the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship) is a survivor-led national nonprofit that advocates for quality, whole-person cancer care for people living with, through, and beyond cancer. Founded in 1986, the organization advances policy, education, and survivor empowerment to improve care coordination, survivorship planning, financial protections, and long-term outcomes for the estimated millions of U.S. cancer survivors.
Health and cancer care policy focused on survivorship: promoting survivorship care plans and reimbursement, whole-person care models, access to and affordability of health insurance and cancer treatments, protections against financial toxicity and medical debt, patient-centered clinical trial access and regulatory policies, and federal/state policy changes to strengthen post-treatment care and coordination.
Primarily charitable funding: individual donors, philanthropic foundation grants, program-related grants, and contributions; supplemented by event and program revenue and occasional corporate sponsorships or grants.
Works jointly with other national cancer advocacy organizations and coalitions (including legacy networks such as the Cancer Leadership Council and membership in multi-stakeholder alliances), and is led by prominent survivor-advocacy figures including CEO Shelley Fuld Nasso and founders/early leaders such as Dr. Fitzhugh Mullan and Ellen Stovall.
Non-profit organization (501(c)(3) cancer advocacy group)
