The Missing Piece in Cancer Education
Cancer outcomes differ by race, geography, income, gender identity, and disability. We name the gaps, explain the systems, and provide actionable guidance. Not politics. Reality.
Why This Matters
Cancer doesn't affect everyone equally. Systemic barriers, cultural factors, geography, and identity all shape who gets diagnosed early, who gets quality treatment, and who falls through the cracks. A Black woman with breast cancer in the United States faces higher mortality than a white woman with the same diagnosis. A trans man may avoid screening entirely because the system wasn't built to include him. A rural patient may drive four hours each way for radiation. These are not edge cases — they are patterns.
StopMyCancer addresses these realities directly — not as politics, but as documented facts that affect survival. When we ignore disparities, we fail the people who need information the most. When we name them clearly and respectfully, we create space for advocacy, better care, and better outcomes.
This section provides advocacy tools, resource directories, and clinician conversation guides for patients and families navigating cancer care from marginalized positions. Each guide follows a consistent structure: name the gap, explain what drives it, and give you something concrete to do about it.
Access Guides
Each guide names the gap, explains the system, provides advocacy scripts, and links to resources. Select a topic to begin.
Black Women & Breast Cancer
Higher mortality rates despite similar incidence. Understanding the gap, advocating for care, finding culturally competent providers.
Read guideIndigenous Screening Barriers
Geographic isolation, cultural factors, and systemic gaps in screening programs. Resources and advocacy for Indigenous communities.
Read guideTrans & Nonbinary Oncology
Navigating cancer care when the system wasn't built for you. Hormone considerations, provider communication, finding affirming care.
Read guideRural vs. Urban Access
Distance to treatment centers, telemedicine options, transportation resources, and clinical trial access for rural patients.
Read guideMigrant Language Barriers
Right to interpreter services, finding multilingual providers, and navigating foreign health systems as a migrant patient.
Read guideDisability & Cancer Care
Accessible screening, adaptive equipment, communication accommodations, and advocacy scripts for disabled patients.
Read guideNeurodiversity & Medical Trauma
Sensory accommodations, communication preferences, managing medical anxiety, and advocate scripts for neurodivergent patients.
Read guideCultural Norms & Consent
Modesty considerations, family decision-making, culturally safe communication, and patient rights across cultural contexts.
Read guidePoverty & Financial Barriers
Assistance programs, insurance navigation, medication costs, and employer rights for patients facing financial hardship.
Read guideAge-Related Disparities
Young adults dismissed, elderly under-treated. Advocating for appropriate care across age groups and life stages.
Read guideHow to Use These Guides
Every access guide follows the same template so you always know what to expect and where to find what you need.
My oncologist had never treated a trans patient before. I had to educate my own doctor about my body while also processing a cancer diagnosis. No one should have to do that alone.