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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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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
Lynparza (olaparib) is now FDA-approved for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Following closely on the heels of the very recent FDA approval of Rubraca (rucaparib) for advanced prostate cancer in men with a BRCA1/2 mutation, we now have a second PARP-inhibitor approved by the FDA. This one has the trade name of Lynparza and generic name of...
Rubraca® (Rucaparib) FDA-Approved as Monotherapy for BRCA1/2, mCRPC patients
Rucaparib has leapfrogged over olaparib to become the first PARP inhibitor approved for prostate cancer patients with either a germline (inherited) or somatic (tumor) BRCA1/2 mutation after analysis of the TRITON2, Phase 2 clinical trial for metastatic castrate...
Advisor Kudos to Howard Wolinsky!
Congrats to AnCan Advisor and Active Surveillance Prostate Cancer Virtual Support Group Moderator, Howard Wolinsky, for receiving the Best In-depth Report or Series Lisagor Award from the Chicago Headline Club for his article in Chicago Medicine on “The debate over...
Upcoming Groups & EVENTS
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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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High Risk/Recurrent/Advanced Prostate Cancer Men and Caregivers Video Chat Virtual Support
Visual Snow Syndrome
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Our Blog
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Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Feb 6, 2023
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat: If you shortchange your treatment, you may live to regret it … plus more anxiety issues
AnCan Art Friends – January 19, 2023 – Lilies On the Water
Get ready for a very painterly painting; We’ll squish some paint around to create a very abstracted water lily pond scene based on Claude Monet’s very famous water lilies. We’re looking for very brushy brush strokes! (say that 3 times fast!) The beauty of our virtual art classes is that they can be done anywhere, including for myself on the road in Arizona!
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Jan 24, 2023
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Jan 24, 2023: Radiation, surgery — or none of the above?
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