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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
AnCan offers 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
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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Recent News
Renata Louwers – “We Can Offer You Some Helpful Resources”
Our Advisory Board member Renata Louwers wrote an incredible, honest, and powerful piece for Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine titled "We Can Offer You Some Helpful Resources". She shares her experience that sadly, many caregivers will find relatable. Teetering...
Solo Arts Heal with Jackson Nogahl
Have you heard the good news? 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) are collaborating every 4th Wednesday of the month for Solo Arts Heal! (Click here to read...
Webinar: Will Immunotherapy Change Your Prostate Cancer Treatment Path?
On April 29th, we had the utmost pleasure of having the highly esteemed Dr. Lawrence Fong (Efim Guzik Distinguished Professor in Cancer Biology, UCSF. Leader, Cancer Immunotherapy Program, and Co-Leader, Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy Program, UCSF Helen Diller...
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
Multiple Sclerosis
High Risk/Recurrent/Advanced Prostate Cancer Men and Caregivers Video Chat Virtual Support
Solo Arts Heal
Active Surveillance Prostate Cancer
Pancreatic Cancer
High Risk/Recurrent/Advanced Prostate Cancer Men and Caregivers Video Chat Virtual Support
Visual Snow Syndrome
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Our Blog
Keep up on all of the latest AnCan news, group recaps, and events in our blog!
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Aug 15, 2023
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Aug 7, 2023: All his scans are saying it: cancer doesn’t live here anymore.
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Aug 7, 2023
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Aug 7, 2023: Mayo offers great docs… provided you select them. Otherwise ‘caveat emptor!’!
Webinar: How and Why Prostate Cancer Genomic Tests Work
How bad is my prostate cancer??? We’ve all asked ourselves that! Today there are tests to predict its gravity early in the diagnosis and after surgery.
How do these tests work?
… what’s inside the ‘black box’ that makes it an accurate crystal ball?
… and are all tests born equal?
… the test manufacturers won’t say BUT one doc who will is Dr. Todd Morgans – he’s looked inside all of them.
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.
