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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
Palliative Care Meets Telehealth!
Regulars to our Advanced Prostate Cancer Virtual Support Group know the value AnCan places on the importance of palliative care, and having a palliative doc on your treating team. And NO - paliiative care is NOT the same as hospice; it is not end of life, nor anywhere...
ASKING FOR HELP …… & that includes the male gender!!
Peter Kafka, our Board Chair, is currently in the midst of chemo. He relates first hand why men must to get off their high horse and ask for help - it can solve many medical problems simply! (rd) ASKING FOR HELP Why is it so difficult for men to ask for help? ...
Join SUPER HealtheVoices Live this Saturday, April 25 – all invited!!!
Some of you may already be aware of Janssen/J&J's annual patient advocate conference, HealtheVoices, that is usually by invitation only based on a competitive application process. This year's pandemic has sent the Conference virtual, and it is open to ALL! The...
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.
Pancreatic Cancer
Solo Arts Heal
Active Surveillance Prostate Cancer
High Risk/Recurrent/Advanced Prostate Cancer Men and Caregivers Video Chat Virtual Support
Visual Snow Syndrome
Cancer Caregivers
Veterans
Active Surveillance Prostate Cancer
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Our Blog
Keep up on all of the latest AnCan news, group recaps, and events in our blog!
Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers – 2021 Revised Edition Book Review, Howard Wolinsky
Active Surveillor Howard Wolinsky reviews the 2021 revised edition of Dr. Mark Scholz’ iconic book, ‘Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers’. From treatment comparisons to the pitfalls of surgery, this book changed how patients approached prostate cancer.
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Jan 16, 2023
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Jan 16, 2023: Pain … is it cancer or something else? And Prof. Herb explains proteonomics
Solo Arts Heal with Claire Gaskin
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!
We started 2023 off with guest, Claire Gaskin!
Claire is a poet who has published five volumes of poetry since 1998, most recently Ismene’s Survivable Resistance in 2021. (If you remember the Greek tragedy of Antigone, Ismene is the sister who was left behind to remember the trauma of it all). Claire has been a creative writing teacher and mentor for more than 30 years. She teaches not only at the university level but also dedicates herself to helping students at community centers to use writing to process trauma.
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