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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
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
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.
Webinar: Is Focal Therapy Right for YOUR Prostate Cancer?
There’s no magic bullet in this prostate cancer game… not even focal therapies, good as they sound. Listen to world expert Dr. Laurence Klotz speak about what makes a good candidate – and why some come out free of side effects while recurrence may be on the cards for others. What are the different types of focal therapy and is one better than the other? Most important for YOU – who’s a good candidate, and who may get suckered by a white shoed urologist?? Join us to find out!
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.
Women Speaking Freely
High Risk/Recurrent/Advanced Prostate Cancer Men and Caregivers Video Chat Virtual Support
Cancer Caregivers
Solo Arts Heal
Active Surveillance Prostate Cancer
Veterans Group
Pancreatic Cancer
Renal Medullary Carcinoma
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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, Mar 26, 2024
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Mar 26, 2024: Hot flash drug not ladies-only
Get Yer Shots – Vaccines for Cancer Patients
Oh it’s not that kind of shot. It’s the other kind of shots, which require some modification for people with cancer. It just so happens that ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) has come out with new guidelines regarding vaccines for cancer patients.
What’s in a Clinical Trial? – Dr. John Antonucci’s Primer
What’s in a Clinical Trial? – Dr. John Antonucci’s Primer. AnCan specialists attempted the impossible: to condense the essence of arguably the best scientific meeting on genitourinary cancer research in the world into 1 hour of intelligible, useful information.
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.
