Ethics & trust

Visiting experts put teaching, mentoring, and strengthening local teams ahead of doing procedures themselves. The goal is care that keeps going after the visitors leave.

Direct care happens when the host asks for it, under the host's leadership and local rules.

Clinical volunteers must hold valid credentials. For on-site clinical work, they must also meet the host country's licensing or temporary-permit requirements.

We collect paperwork later, at the match stage, not at sign-up. The platform doesn't verify credentials automatically; coordinators and host sites do.

Every connection needs a yes from both sides. The host facility accepts the volunteer, and the volunteer accepts the host's terms. No one is placed without both.

No patient photos or stories without informed consent, and never on this site. No research or data collection without the host's approval and local ethics review.

Volunteers cover their own costs unless a host says otherwise. Donated supplies must be requested, in date, and maintainable locally. Credit goes to local teams first.

Tumor Board stores no patient information: no names, photos, dates of birth, record numbers, or case details that could identify a person. Needs describe the need, never a patient.

Forms remind you of this, a coordinator checks every need before it goes public, and there are no file or photo uploads.

We don't share contact details directly. A coordinator introduces both sides and stays in the conversation. That protects facilities and volunteers alike.