What does an Expanded Access Program mean for GIST patients?
Pharmaceutical companies may create an Expanded Access Program (sometimes called compassionate use) when a clinical trial is no longer enrolling but the medicine still shows promise.
Social Security’s Compassionate Allowances explained
The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) pays disability benefits to people who cannot work because they have a medical condition that is expected to last at least one year or result in death. Federal law requires this very strict definition of disability. While some programs give money to people with partial disability or short-term disability, Social Security does not.