American Cancer Society Road To Recovery
Free rides to and from cancer treatment, driven by trained volunteers, where the service operates.
Best for
Cancer patients who can get treatment but cannot get to it.
Why Kave includes this
Missed chemotherapy appointments are frequently a transport problem rather than a medical one, and daily radiation over six weeks defeats most informal arrangements. Kave lists it with the constraint that matters: volunteer driver availability is genuinely patchy, so arrange it well before you need it.
- Expected cost
- Free to the patient. Drivers are volunteers.
- Insurance requirement
- None.
- Who qualifies
- Cancer patients travelling to treatment, in areas where volunteer drivers are available.
- Where it is available
- Nationwide (United States)
- How you use it
- In person
- Languages
- English and Spanish
Limitations Kave wants you to know about
- Availability depends entirely on local volunteer drivers, and many areas have none.
- Requires booking in advance — usually several days.
- Treatment-related travel only.
The 24-hour line can check driver availability in your area.
Verification
Compiled by Kave on July 1, 2026 and link-checked. Not yet independently verified. Kave assembled this from the organisation’s own published material and confirmed the links resolve. No reviewer has confirmed the eligibility details against the source, so check them on the official site before you rely on them.
- Compiled
- July 1, 2026 (28 days ago)
- Next scheduled review
- September 29, 2026
- Reviewed by
- Not yet reviewed
Sources used
- American Cancer Society — Road To Recovery — read July 1, 2026
Kave quality score
83/100
Kave lists resources scoring 80 or above that also clear all four mandatory gates.
- Patient impact21.5/25
- Affordability or financial value20/20
- Transparency12/15
- Accessibility9.9/15
- Ease of use7.2/10
- Institutional credibility4.7/5
- Privacy and data practices4.2/5
- Geographic reach3.1/5
Geographic reach is deliberately worth only five points, so a strong local resource is not pushed out by a weak national one. Read the methodology.