Cancer Patients Alliance is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
All DONATIONS are tax-deductible

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The mission of Cancer Patients Alliance (CPA) is dedicated to improving health outcomes for patients through
  • education
  • addressing health disparities and
  • enabling patients and their families to become active partners in their medical care.
Initially focused solely on cancer patients and their families, CPA has broadened our mission in recent years to focus on health disparities and challenges of low-income Latino patients that impact, and extend beyond, cancer. With this comprehensive approach, we continue to help underserved cancer patients access life-saving care, education and support.

Helping underserved patients access life-saving care, education, and support.

ABOUT US:

Cancer Patients Alliance (CPA) was founded in 2001 in Monterey County, California by physicians and community members alarmed at the lack of sufficient, reliable information to enable cancer patients to be partners in their medical care. CPA’s experience is in initiating innovative community approaches that build on creating collaborations with organizations and health providers and engaging the community to address diversity in care for Salinas Valley’s underserved.

Additionally, CPA initiated and supports the information-intensive web resources known as Pancreatica.org in order to provide current, credible and comprehensive information about pancreatic adenocarcinomas, and related neuroendocrine tumors.

Since the Covid era, the Board of Directors of CPA began to expand the organization’s scope to additionally include outreach on Covid issues, and to address other pressing needs of Latino communities including those of behavioral health and medical-legal matters.

 

Cancer Patients Alliance is a community-rooted, evidence-informed organization advancing equitable access to care through  education, navigation, and outreach initiatives.

Our initiatives are designed to reduce disparities in health care access, particularly among low-income, Latino, and medically underserved populations

No one should have to fight cancer alone. Yet for many patients, the challenge isn’t just the disease—it’s also the overwhelming cost of treatment, the stress on their family, and the uncertainty of what comes next.

We focus on patients and physician–patient partnership, empowering individuals to make informed treatment decisions and engage meaningfully in their care.