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AnCan was the first to innovate virtual, real time, video chat support groups in multiple conditions moderated by patients for patients.
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In partnership with MedaFit, we connect patients and their medical team to exercise programs through highly qualified exercise counselors.
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Answer Cancer is active on a national stage working to improve patient care.
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AnCan is about people helping people, peer-to-peer ….. we are people 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 address their situations.
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John-Pierre ‘Jake’ Hannam GRHS …1953-2022
John-Pierre ‘Jake’ Hannam GRHS …1953-2022 AnCan loses an original particpant – its lovable, quirky tech guru who rarely strayed far from home
What Do Oncologists Have Against Palliative Care ….?
For some patients and caregivers, accessing palliative care specialists to improve QoL can be a daunting task! It shouldn’t be, but it is … why?
Solo Arts Heal with Alex Kaplan
AnCan and The Marsh (well renown, long-established theater company with a large following in the Bay Area and venues in San Francisco and Oakland) collaborate every 4th Wednesday of the month for Solo Arts Heal! On December 22nd, we closed out our 2021 season of Solo...
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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.
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Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Feb 5, 2024
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat Feb 5, 2024: Chemo doesn’t curb progression – what’s next?
Webinar: Radionuclide Diagnostics & Theranostics – Theory and Clinical Practice Meet!
Nuclear payloads, guided missiles, directed assassinations…not in global conflict or wars, but prostate cancer and what happens inside bodies of men getting radionuclide theranostics (treatment) and diagnostics (scanning) today.
Radionuclide treatment for prostate cancer is at least 10 years old – does that surprise you? Bayer’s Xofigo was approved in 2013 but adoption has been slow until recent FDA approvals of theranostics (treatment) viz. Pluvicto, and diagnostics (scans) like Illucix and Posluma.
Radionuclides are theory-intense with nuclear medicine doctors less exposed to treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Conversely, GU medical oncologists are less familiar with radionuclides than hormone and chemo-therapy.
Two global experts, GU medical oncologist Dr. Oliver Sartor and nuclear medicine guru, Dr. Philip Kuo will introduce radionuclide theranostics and diagnostics and discuss how the clinic and the theory intersect.
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Jan 23, 2024
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Jan 23, 2024 – Real-life lessons for 2 genetic counseling students
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