Beckstrand Cancer Foundation is a not-for-profit organization focused exclusively on improving and enhancing the quality of life of cancer patients and their families.

If the diagnosis is cancer, the prognosis is only the first concern. Treatment is often debilitating and is usually prolonged. A normal work schedule can be impossible, and even a robust savings account can be quickly depleted.

While away from work, how will the rent and utilities get paid? How does the refrigerator remain full? Without a steady paycheck, who will cover insurance payments or chemotherapy treatments? And with a family facing hardship, how can a patient maintain the optimism and the peace of mind that can make the difference between life and death?

1,372,910 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2009, and little support is available to assist these victims with day-to-day living and basic needs during their time of hardship and survival.

Click here to learn how Beckstrand Cancer Foundation helps.