Travel grants for sarcoma patients

Where you’re treated changes your odds. We get you there.

The specialists who treat sarcoma every day work in a few dozen centers. If the nearest one is far from home, we pay for the trip. Flights, hotels, and ground transport, paid directly.

What the research says

−32%risk of death when sarcoma surgery happens at a specialist centerAnn Oncol 2019 · 35,784 patients
45%of first pathology diagnoses change when an expert sarcoma pathologist reviews themBMC Cancer 2010 · 366 patients
97centers · 37 stateshold that expertise, so most of the country has to travelBTO center · directory

How a grant works

Check your eligibility

Two minutes: where you live, where your care is, when your appointment is. Not sure? Ask us. Distance rules have exceptions.

Apply once

One form, saved as you go. Upload what you have; we never ask twice.

We handle the trip

Flights, hotel, ground transport, all paid directly. You never front money and wait to be paid back.

Find Expert Sarcoma Care

Sarcoma Treatment Centers Map

97 centers. 37 states. A lot of country in between.

Sarcoma expertise is concentrated in a handful of academic centers. See where they are, which ones treat your subtype, and how patients like you have traveled.

Explore the map →
Sarcoma patients who traveled more than 100 miles to be treated did better than patients treated close to home. It isn’t the distance that matters. It’s the destination.
PLOS One 2021 · 34,528 patients · read what the research says →
Austin Henry, founder

Started by a survivor. Run like it matters.

“I had osteosarcoma. I lived 15 miles from a specialist center. Most patients don’t.”

Our story →

Every dollar donated goes to getting a patient there.

We’re a 501(c)(3) and donations are tax-deductible. Fund a flight, a hotel week, or a full trip, and we’ll show you what it made possible.

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