RCA is a charity dedicated to awareness and support to understand the challenges faced by patients with rare and less common cancers. RCA offers emotional, peer, practical, social and clinical support for patients, along with financial resources to help manage the costs of accessing treatment.
When someone is diagnosed with cancer, it is often accompanied by a plan. Their GP will give them information about their cancer and support services, send them for further testing and write a referral to a specialist.
But what if the cancer is so rare that standard treatment does not yet exist? While more common cancers usually have a medical team or specialist, what happens when there doesn’t seem to be a designated expert for the type of cancer?
“A rare cancer diagnosis turns a person’s world upside down. It can leave them feeling lost, isolated, and looking for answers – and not many people have them,” says CEO of RCA, Christine Cockburn.
“At RCA, we give a patient the answers they need, connect them with the best healthcare and stand in their corner.
“We put patient outcomes at the centre of all we do. We ask them what they need help with and adapt to solve their specific set of needs. There is no set and forget processes, only unique and personalised whole-person support.”
