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What you can get for nothing. 60 programmes and services across 12 groups and 14 regions: sequencing paid for by charities and health services, screening and vaccination that are free at the point of use, nurse lines, rides and beds near the hospital, second opinions, help with trial travel, genetic counselling, survivorship programmes, wigs and prostheses, and the open data researchers build on. Each entry says who is eligible and links to the programme's own page.
Eligibility rules change and differ by country, so the linked page is the authority; OnCo lists only programmes with a public page of their own. Free at the point of use means no bill when you attend, not that nobody pays. Nothing here is medical advice: screening is for people without symptoms, and anyone with symptoms should see a doctor. For manufacturer free-drug programmes, reimbursement and generics, product by product, use the financial help page.
Programmes that pay for sequencing of the tumour or of inherited risk genes. Each has an eligibility rule; the programme page states it.
Free tumour sequencing with a report for the treating team.
Free at-home saliva test for inherited cancer genes, with genetic counselling for carriers.
Tumour panels, whole genome sequencing for some cancers and germline testing, ordered by your hospital team.
Free BRCA1 and BRCA2 saliva test at home, with counselling if a variant is found.
National programmes that invite people by age. Nothing to pay when you attend.
Home bowel test kit, mammograms and cervical screening, free; lung CT screening rolling out in England.
Free bowel kit, mammograms, cervical HPV test with self-collection, and lung CT screening since 2025.
Free bowel, breast and cervical screening through the HSE National Screening Service.
National bowel, breast and cervical screening, with enrolment on one site.
Free or low-cost mammograms, Pap and HPV tests and diagnostic follow-up through your state programme.
Colorectal, breast, cervical and lung cancer screening without copay or deductible when done in network.
The vaccine that prevents most cervical cancers and several others, free through public programmes.
Free HPV vaccination at school, GP or sexual health clinic.
Free HPV vaccine through enrolled providers; insured children are usually covered without cost sharing.
Free HPV vaccination under the National Immunisation Program.
Free HPV vaccine through the national immunisation programme.
Trained nurses and information specialists who answer questions by phone, free of charge.
Information specialists by phone, chat and email, in English and Spanish, including trial searches.
Nurses, welfare rights and money advisers, seven days a week.
Cancer nurses on weekdays; About Cancer pages and the Cancer Chat forum at any time.
Around-the-clock information specialists; the same line books free rides and lodging.
Free counselling by oncology social workers, support groups and small grants.
Counsellors and navigators, plus free programmes at local centres and Gilda's Clubs.
Oncology professionals who explain diagnosis and treatment and help find trials.
Doctors answer questions by phone and email, every day, in German.
Cancer nurses and information about screening, treatment and support in each state.
Information specialists in English and French, and the Community Services Locator.
Cancer nurses by phone and email, and Daffodil Centres in hospitals.
Breast care nurses, Someone Like Me peer support and Moving Forward courses.
Getting to treatment and sleeping near it, without a bill.
Free volunteer rides to and from treatment, booked through the ACS helpline.
Free lodging near cancer centres for the length of treatment.
Free flights in empty seats on corporate aircraft; no income test.
Free or low-cost rooms and meals next to children's hospitals.
Free accommodation next to specialist hospitals, plus social workers and grants.
Refund of fares or mileage for hospital appointments, claimed within three months.
Named programmes that review a diagnosis or treatment plan for nothing, and the one hospital that never bills. For expert centres near you, see the second opinion page.
A navigator reviews your records and writes up options and trials for your oncologist.
A volunteer panel of specialists reviews the case, meets you and writes to your doctors.
Treatment, travel, housing and food with no bill to the family.
Trial drugs and trial-related care are supplied by the sponsor; these programmes help with the costs around them.
What the sponsor pays, what insurance must cover and what falls on you, explained by the NCI.
Care within the study is free and some studies help with travel and lodging.
Reimbursement of travel and lodging for you and a companion, and help finding a trial.
Search NHS studies by condition and postcode; taking part is free and expenses are often reimbursed.
Access to an investigational drug outside a trial; the company may only recover its costs, and usually supplies it free.
Manufacturer programmes, national schemes and charities, product by product, live on the financial help page.
Free-drug and co-pay programmes, reimbursement decisions and generics, product by product.
NICE, Cancer Drugs Fund and SMC decisions for every approved product; NHS cancer drugs are free at the point of use.
Where to talk to someone about inherited cancer risk without paying.
Free helpline, peer navigators and expert-reviewed information on testing and options.
Free genetic counselling and germline testing through regional clinical genetics services.
Exercise, courses, peer mentors and drop-in centres that cost nothing to use.
Drop-in support, benefits advice, psychological support and courses next to NHS cancer hospitals.
Free Living Well courses and one-to-one sessions on nutrition, activity, sleep and coping.
Free twelve-week small-group exercise programme with a Y membership included.
Free skincare and make-up workshops with a free kit.
Free one-to-one match with someone who has had the same cancer.
Free week-long outdoor adventure programmes with travel scholarships.
Free summer camps and year-round support run by college student volunteers.
Late effects to watch for after each treatment, the screening test, how often, and the guideline that says so.
Hair and breast prostheses supplied free by health services and charities.
Free wigs and fabric supports on prescription; others pay a set charge.
A free breast prosthesis after mastectomy, fitted through the hospital; Breast Cancer Now explains how.
Free real-hair wigs made from donated hair.
Free custom hair replacement made from donated hair.
Free soft knitted breast prostheses, posted on request.
The open databases OnCo itself is built on, with licences on the open data page.
Licences, cadence and access for each open source, and the ones OnCo could add next.
Every record on this site as JSON under a Creative Commons licence, with an API and machine-readable pages.
If a free programme with a public page is not here, send it through the corrections page with the link. Programmes without a page of their own, and offers that are discounted rather than free, are left out on purpose.