AnCan
Our Mission
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 worlds.
Our Vision
AnCan’s vision is to provide easily accessible, inclusive virtual peer support for every serious disease and condition allowing widespread participation, especially to those geographically, physically or socially disadvantaged.
Collaboration with other non-profits underpins our strategy.
Our Groups
AnCan is the FIRST virtual real time audio/visual peer-to-peer support group platform.
Our virtual, video chat groups can be accessed online via your desk or laptop computer, mobile device or by telephone. These virtual support group meetings are currently conducted on the GoToMeeting platform; to learn how to join, click here.
AnCan currently offers 20+ virtual groups monthly on a drop-in and free basis, no commitment! AND we’ve been doing this long before you ever heard of Covid.
Our Prostate Cancer Groups are endorsed by UsTOO – we are their virtual live support group platform.
Fans for the Cure
Fans for the Cure raises awareness among men and their families about the role of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in prostate cancer detection. It also produces a podcast, Stay in the Game!: Conversations About Prostate Cancer With Ed Randall, that covers issues from caregiving to patient advocacy and offers patient support groups for both men and women.
Malecare
212 673 4920
Provides true psycho-social support to over 38,000 men since our founding in 2004. We are a volunteer organization of social workers and psychologists, who found the more widely used model of a monthly lecture as inadequate for facilitating peer to peer support. Our groups meet weekly or bi-weekly, are 90 minutes in length and led by a social worker or psychologist who is diagnosed with prostate cancer, or has suffered the loss of their father from prostate cancer. Attendees are limited to men diagnosed with prostate cancer. We also run both massive and initimate online groups, including video chats. We are also know for our focus on underserved communities, such as Gay men (www.lgbtcancer.org) and African American men. We also facilitate a leading Male Breast Cancer support network.
Prostate Cancer Foundation
310 570 4700
800 757 CURE (2873)
The Prostate Cancer Foundation is intent on finding a prostate cancer cure. Since its founding in 1993, it has facilitated a significant increase in the number of prostate cancer drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It supports researchers and clinicians through grants and offers patients and caregivers printed guides and help finding doctors, treatment centers and clinical trials.
Prostate Cancer Research Institute
The Prostate Cancer Research Institute provides resources for prostate cancer patients and caregivers looking to gain understanding, insight, and hope. Get honest answers from science based data.
Prostate Conditions Education Council
866 477 6788
Prostate Health Education Network
The Prostate Health Education Network supports African Americans who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer and aims to eliminate racial disparities in diagnosis and treatment. It also offers a survivor network and monthly webcasts in partnership with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. PHEN produces an annual conference on racial disparities, online TV shows, and the stage play Daddy’s Boys.
Sapphire Foundation for Prostate Cancer
The Sapphire Foundation is focused on helping men deal with financial assistance for medical expenditures, and to motivate men to get tested for the disease as early detection proves to be crucial in the treatment process.
The Prostate Net
201 289 8221
The core objective of The Prostate Net’s mission is to develop and maintain an interactive matrix of educational tools and services that will:
- Educate consumers most at-risk from a diagnosis of prostate cancer
- Inform the community on other diseases and conditions of negative impact
- Motivate consumers to make informed choices as to healthcare and lifestyle management
- Lay the foundation for on-going health care information dissemination and interaction between the community and medical centers
- Create an interactive network to maximize broad scale, mass communications of actionable health messages
Urology Care Foundation
410 689 3700
800 808 7866
Zero: The Project to End Prostate Cancer
202 463 9455
888 245 9455
ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer is a national nonprofit organization with the mission to end prostate cancer. As a leader in the fight against prostate cancer, ZERO advances research, encourages action, and provides education and support to men and their families. ZERO’s premier programs include the ZERO Prostate Cancer Run/Walk, the largest men’s health event series in America. We are a 501(c)(3) charity recognized with four stars by Charity Navigator, a Better Business Bureau member, and 98 cents of every dollar donated goes to research and programs.
ZERO360 is a free service to help patients make treatment decisions, access financial resources to cover treatment and other needs, and find emotional support. ZERO360 services include (but are not limited to):
- Insurance Navigation Services
- Talk through your health insurance plan to understand what’s included under your coverage
- Secure pre-authorization for prescribed care
- Get help with the insurance appeal process
- Resolve insurance codes and billing issues
- Screening and Enrollment
- Secure access to care for the uninsured
- Identify insurance coverage options, including Marketplace/Exchange products, Medicaid, Medigap, Medicare Part D, Medicare Low Income Subsidy, and TRICARE
- Get assistance with Social Security Disability (SSI or SSDI) or state and/or employer-based disability benefits
- Financial Aid
- Work with our team to negotiate free or reduced treatment access
- Secure financial support for your treatments through co-payment, co-insurance, premium or deductible assistance programs
- Resolve insurance appeals and issues
- Enroll in benefit programs
- Find resources for cost-of-living support
- Employee Benefit Services
- Make the most of employer-sponsored benefits, such as short- and long-term disability and COBRA
- Understand employee protections, such as Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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