This is a way for Social Security to quickly identify standards for disability benefits. The following cancers may be eligible for Compassionate Allowance:
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Acute Leukemia
- Adrenal Cancer which has metastasized or is inoperable
- Adult Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Bladder Cancer
- Breast Cancer & Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC)
- Esophageal Cancer
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Head & Neck Cancers
- Kidney Cancer – inoperable or unresectable
- Large Intestine Cancer – metastasized, inoperable, unresectable or recurrent
- Liver Cancer
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Small Cell Cancers – Large Intestine, Prostrate or Thymus, Female Genital Tract and Lung
- Small Intestine Cancer – metastasized, inoperable, unresectable or recurrent
- Stomach Cancer
- Thyroid Cancer
- Ureter Cancer
A diagnosis of Stage IV cancer is an automatic Compassionate Allowance designation. For the complete Compassionate Allowance list for ALL diseases go to:
https://www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/conditions.htm (
UPDATED: August 20, 2018)