THE HOME OF PEER-TO-PEER
VIRTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS
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.
Instructions for Joining a Group
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Recent News
Viral ….. Dr. B.J. Millers thoughts on our current world-wide crisis!
Some of you already know one of the most remarkable members of our Advisory Board, palliative care doc, B.J.Miller. If you don't, then listen to his TED Talk along with 10.5 million others!!! We are all getting ample Covid19 e-mail .... but if you got a missive...
Breast Cancer in Men – a ‘rare’ disease that kills more than testicular cancer!
Some of you are quite familiar with our Advisory Board member Richard Wassersug, an internationally recognized expert on androgen deprivation therapy in men. Richard is a research psychologist, and last year we connected him with Peggy Miller at the Male Breast Cancer...
AnCan Virtually Arrives!!
In the dim, distant past of 2011, or was it 2012, I had just been kicked out the support group I co-moderated by a very insecure lead. Rather than the one-on-one interview style he practiced that made the large, weekly group feel they were eavesdropping on a private...
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.
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
Men ‘Speaking Freely’
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The Faces of AnCan
Meet the wonderful people that make AnCan possible.
AnCan Fun Facts
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Conditions Served
Our Blog
Keep up on all of the latest AnCan news, group recaps, and events in our blog!
Cancer Can Be a Glass Half Full!
Cancer Can Be a Glass Half Full! 20 true gifts that a cancer diagnosis delivered to one of our peeps!
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Dec 19, 2022
Hi-Risk/Recurrent/Advanced PCa Video Chat, Dec 19 ’22: Cutting a deal in used Embr Waves; statins; hip pain
AnCan Art Friends – December 15, 2022 – Birches & Birds
Stressed? In pain? Take a break with us while we paint a relaxing winter scene with your peers who “get it”. While this is our last art class of 2022, we are coming back strong in 2023!
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.
