Cancer patients and their loved ones often discover that finding important information on their cancer type, or locating an online cancer community who shares their diagnosis, is more difficult than anticipated. The Scientific and Medical Coalition Against Cancer (SMCAC) aims to bridge this gap - to make access to the most important cancer information easy to find and understand through our interactive website. As a non-profit, pharmaceutical company independent organization, we are a venue for cancer experts, survivors, and patients to collaborate and educate each other– furthering the fight against cancer. Our organizational goals include:

• Cancer Education - SMCAC’s wiki format allows scientists and the medical community to collaborate to build information on the website in real time giving the most up to date information
  
• Community Building – The SMCAC website will have an interactive social networking capability where, through secure chat functions, the cancer community can help newly diagnosed patients, exchange critical information, and build the SMCAC website as the communities central hub and touch point
  
• Promoting Research – The SMCAC will, over time, use funds to support research into promising treatments
  
• Cancer Outreach - As a non-profit, SMCAC has relied on support from individuals, corporations, and foundations to fund our cancer patient outreach programs. Outreach that includes establishing on-site computer kiosks in chemotherapy and radiation clinics, as well as oncologist offices, where patients and their loved ones can conveniently access vital information to more easily educate themselves on the disease during trying times.

We thank you for visiting Scientific and Medical Coalition Against Cancer's (SMCAC) website and encourage you to browse the site. Perhaps you may be interested in reading our cancer type-specific information, becoming a member of our organization, contributing your cancer knowledge to the website, or learning how to become involved in building the organization.

To all our friends and contributors, we extend our deepest gratitude for your generous commitment. Your assistance has been invaluable, and has provided us the means to launch an innovative cancer awareness program. As we all come ever closer to understanding cancer, know that you are part of a remarkable time in scientific history.