The association's motto is: "Healthy economy in a healthy body." Families of cancer patients experience a burdensome financial burden as a result of enormous expenses for financing medications, treatments and travel, and a lack of income due to the prolonged stay with the patient. Experience shows that this financial distress is a deterrent to patients 'recovery, and that their removal from their lives is a necessary condition for their and their families' continued functioning, and for the completion of their recovery process.