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THE HOME OF PEER-TO-PEER 
VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS

Virtual Support Groups

AnCan was the first to innovate virtual, real time, video chat support groups in multiple conditions  moderated by patients for patients.

Patient Navigation

Through our Groups, participants can connect organically with others to help with individual patient navigation for treatment at all stages.

Exercise & Wellness

In partnership with MedaFit, we connect patients and their medical team to exercise programs through highly qualified exercise counselors.

National Advocacy

Answer Cancer is active on a national stage working to improve patient care.

About Us

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AnCan is about people helping people, peer-to-peer ….. we are peers living with various conditions and situations, who help others faced with similar issues. We do this collectively and individually by providing answers, support and navigation to empower people living with serious and chronic conditions   to Be Your Own Best Advocate.

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Instructions for Joining a Group

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Click HERE to sign up for email reminders for this, and other groups we offer.

Recent News

Your Dental Health

Your Dental Health

Your Dental Health… AnCan recognizes that a healthy mouth contributes to a stress free life. Read our dental health handouts!

Webinar: Let’s Talk Medicare 2024

Webinar: Let’s Talk Medicare 2024

This could be scary…It’s almost open enrollment season for Medicare!

A dreaded time to receive multiple communications in untold ways that often read like a foreign language. It’s only fitting that we talked about it the day before Halloween.

Join AnCan as we bring experts Amanda Goodstadt, Esq. from Triage Cancer, and Medicare Insurance Broker Kim Umphres to explain all things confusing around 2024 Medicare insurance options, and make this enrollment season a little less spooky and intimidating.

Upcoming Groups & EVENTS

*Days may change due to holidays 

AnCan Foundation is a volunteer organization with a handful of paid staff. All our events are free, and all  groups are free and drop-in. AnCan has limited capacity to provide one-one-one navigation. If we do, it is provided by volunteer peer mentors. Out of respect for their time, we request a donation in an amount you see fit. No one is turned away. 

Low/Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer

September 28 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
This group is for all men diagnosed with low or intermediate risk disease at whatever stage of treat...

Overturning Insurance Denials: What Happens When Your Payer Says NO!

September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Overturning Insurance Denials: What happens when your payer says no!? You’ve all been there –...

Men ‘Speaking Freely’

October 1 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
The group is open to all conditions. We don’t discuss medicine, protocols and treatments – rathe...

Blood Cancers

October 1 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EST
We are a group of women and men who come together as peers to discuss our experience with one or mor...

High Risk/Recurrent/Advanced Prostate Cancer Men and Caregivers Video Chat Virtual Support

October 5 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
This group is for men with complex disease either at diagnosis, or whose disease has recurred with ...

Veterans Healthcare Navigation

October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
Veterans Healthcare Navigation addresses veterans’ disabilities and the VA system, covering to...

Cancer Care Partners

October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
Care Partners are a much-underserved population truly doing ‘God’s work’. This group suppo...

Heart Support Group

October 7 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
This group offers peer-to-peer support and education for people with any condition who also face hea...

Looking for a video chat group?

If you’d like to see all of our current groups, click here.

The Faces of AnCan

Meet the wonderful people that make AnCan possible.

 

Moderator
Younger metastatic prostate cancer survivor provides a valuable perspective.
Prostate Cancer Peer Moderator
Eric Milsen walks the walk in being your own best advocate.
Moderator: Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
Elaine Ben-Yaacov is a clinical social worker with experience in the fields of dementia care and the autism spectrum.  She contracted RHS in 2024, an experience that impacted her to write a medical memoir, available on Amazon.  She is a proud mom of five and grandmother of nine.
Moderator: Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
In 2013 I dealt with a prolonged attempt to diagnose my Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. I ended up with complete left vestibular damage and vertigo, and after 18 months my facial paralysis only improved from 84% to 64% and I've dealt with other episodes since then. I find I can draw on my skills as a marriage and family therapist to cope with the lifestyle and physical changes that come as a result of RHS.

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Our Blog

Keep up on all of the latest AnCan news, group recaps, and events in our blog!

As a peer-to-peer organization we are not required to comply with HIPAA; nor can we provide medical advice but do offer our own experiences.

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