Advita Fund USA

We assist cancer patients from Russia and other former Soviet Union countries who may lack opportunity to access latest treatments due to language barrier and unavailability of most effective medications in their home countries. Our goal is to help cancer patients in countries with less developed infrastructure have equal chances at accessing best possible care. By helping cancer patients understand their treatment options and possible ways to access them, we aim to improve their chances to beat cancer. Most of cancer patients who contact us have no options available to them in their home countries. We work hard to find treatment options that may be appropriate for our patients. We do that by arranging for consultations, reviews, enrollment in clinical trials and expanded access studies.

Our strategy is to attract volunteers and medical advisers to create a strong team of experts. We are also building relationships with medical groups and oncologists in the US and Russia to facilitate sharing of medical knowledge.

Our major partner is Advita Fund in St. Petersburg, Russia that refers us patients, connects us to local doctors, and provides other field support. We also benefit from being located in Houston and having connections to its outstanding medical community.

In our ten years of existence, we made a tremendous progress. We've developed a number of partnerships/relationships, grew our volunteer base, and, most importantly, helped hundreds of patients. Some of them were able to make correct treatment decisions and avoid risky or ineffective therapies. Others enrolled into clinical trials and achieved complete remissions as a result. Most are still in treatment stage, as cancer treatment often takes months and years. In focusing on patient assistance, we have not yet developed effective fundraising effort. Although our approach has always been to find solutions that are effective yet affordable for our patients, we are often asked to contribute to travel/lodging costs and other expenses. Fundraising effort is something we will need to develop next and we plan to use our success with patient assistance to grow financial support.