Disability Medical Condition: Adrenal Cancer – (with distant metastases or inoperable, unresectable or recurrent)
Adrenal cancer originates in the adrenal glands. This rare condition only affects 1 out of a million people across the world each year. According to the American Cancer Society, most patients are around 45 to 50 years old but the cancer can be found at any age. Adrenal cancer with distant metastases occurs when the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Inoperable adrenal cancer is when the cancer is too widespread to perform a successful surgery. When an adrenal cancer is deemed unresectable, some or all of the cancer cannot be removed by surgery. Recurrent adrenal cancer will reoccur months or even years after all cancer has been removed via surgery.
The disease is listed as one of the medical conditions in the Compassionate Allowances Program. The program expedites the application process so that individuals with severe medical conditions can apply for disability benefits quickly.
Under the Compassionate Allowances program, those suffering from certain medical conditions and impairments will have their application processed quickly through the “fast track” program which helps administrators rapidly identify and process medical conditions on the program’s list of medical impairments.