Named Patient Programs
Just Announced Programs
Programs by Type
Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma
Julia Ann Harmon
ASPS/Sarcoma Patient Advocacy Program
Appendix Cancer
The Paul Adam
Appendix Cancer Survivors Program
Bladder Cancer
John H. Palestrini
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Brain Cancer
The Nawras Jirjees
Patient Advocacy Program
Emma Jean Jones
Astrocytoma Patient Advocacy Program
Claire Nelson
Brain Tumor Program
Patrick J. Stevens
Patient Advocacy Program
The Bailey Tra
Research Advocacy Program
Robyne Wexler
GBM/Brain Cancer Program
Breast Cancer
The ICAN Breast Cancer Reconstruction Project
Barbara Alberts
Breast Cancer Advocacy Program
Jacqueline ("Jax") Arcaris
Inflammatory Breast Cancer Program
Shari H. Baker
Breast Cancer Survivors Program
Momotaj ("Kanon") Mohol Begum
Breast Cancer Advocacy Program (Bangladesh)
Mary Lou Climo
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
(Clinical Trials Enrollment Issues)
Kay T. DeMichele
Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Stage IV patients)
The Hemangi Dhavale-Mahabaleshwarkar
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Program
Elaine L. Foreman
Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
Joni Gottlieb
Breast Cancer Survivors Program
(Patient Empowerment Tools)
Rivka Matitya
Breast Cancer Program
Ann Heard Niewold
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program (Caregivers Issues)
Siminya Nix
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Susan E. Peretz
Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Liver Metastasis Issues)
Kae Robb
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
(Her2 Positive Patients)
Donna Sanders
The Donna Sanders Patient Advocacy Program
Kenneth Strong
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Sylvia Vizcaya-Alderson
Breast Cancer Program
(Bone Metastasis Issues)
The Ava Lynette Weinstein
HER2 Positive Breast Cancer Program
Joan Marie Wells
Breast Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Lung Metastasis Issues)
Katie Engler Winter
Breast Cancer Clinical Trials Program
Cancer Research Programs
Patricia A. Berardi
Gallbladder Cancer Research Program
Jane Keene Bixler
Cancer of Unknown Primary Program
Donald Henry Cameron
Novel Therapeutics Program
Jerome Jay Graves
Cardiovascular Research Program
Uri Harel
Therapeutic Arts Program
Mimi Martin
Molecular Profiling Program
Elaine Michael-Price
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Michael Mularevich
Research Program
Leatrice J. Nach
Scientific Writing Program
John H. Palestrini
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Robert W. Reimer
Biomarkers Research Center Project
Arie Ringelstein
Cancer Research Program
Tom Tyne
Cancer Research Program
Stacey Titens Wizig
Cancer Research Program
Cancer of Unknown Primary
Jane Keene Bixler
Cancer of Unknown Primary Program
William F. Buck IV
Cancer Research Program
Carcinoid
Janice D. Isbell
Carcinoid Patient Advocacy and
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Caregivers
Nora Lee Gregory
Caregivers Advocacy Program
Cervical Cancer
Dana Michelle Adler
Cervical Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Carliser M. Rodriquez
Gynecologic Oncology Biomarkers Program
Cholangiocarcinoma
Clinical Trials
Willard (Bill) Fisher
Pancreatic Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Sylvia Koritan
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
M. Kathleen McClellan
Gynecologic Cancer Clinical Trials Program
The Eileen Nakano
Vaccine and Immunotherapy Clinical Trials Program
Colon Cancer
Jahangir Afsharinasab
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Abelhadi Mustafa Amawi
Colon Cancer Program
Antony ("Tony") Brewster Brown, Jr.
Colon Cancer Biomarkers Program
LaDonna Jean Courtney
Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Lavina Dawson
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients and Cancer Survivors)
Lisa Dubow
Colorectal Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Clinical Trials)
The Allan J. Flader
Research Advocacy Program at ICAN
The Thaddeus Jones
Complementary Therapies Advocacy Program
Gean Marchant Howard
Patient Advocacy Program
The Gary Howell
Spiritual Counseling Program
Andy Hurwitz
Guiding Light Program
The Eileen Nakano
Vaccine and Immunotherapy Clinical Trials Program
The Nhan Phu Nguyen
Research Advocacy Program
Rick Oertel
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers)
Rhoda Schneider
Colorectal Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Pain Management Issues)
Dan Smith
Therapeutic Pathways Program
Thomas M. Suglio
Colorectal Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Stage IV Patients)
Phyllis Tuccori
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Compassionate Use
The Andrew Cooke
Rare Lung Cancer Compassionate Use Program
Muriel Finlayson Williams
Compassionate Use Drug Information Program
Esophageal Cancer
Edwin Chesler
Esophageal Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
The Robert S. Emerson
Esophageal Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Lane T. Nielson
Esophageal Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Ted Rogers
Advocacy Program and Speakers' Bureau
Bob Rosenberg
Interventional Radiology Program
Gallbladder Cancer
Patricia A. Berardi
Gallbladder Cancer Research Program
The Solien P. Quino
Patient Advocacy Program
Gastric Cancer
The Larry Reed Guthrie
Rare Cancers Program
Harmony Melynchuk
Gastric Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Arie Ringelstein
Cancer Research Program
Gastrointestinal Cancers
The Adam Alabata Sanborn
Rare Gastrointestinal Cancers Program at ICAN
Genitourinary Cancers
John H. Palestrini
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Helen ("Peggy") Hoidale Parker
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Earl E. Weeks
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program and
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Gynecologic Cancers
M. Kathleen McClellan
Gynecologic Cancer Clinical Trials Program
Yafa Zur
International Cancer Patients Program
Head and Neck Cancers
Michael J. Frisby
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
The Michael Lee Romero
Patient Advocacy Program
Christopher I. Tweeton
Head and Neck Cancer
Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
Tom Tyne
Cancer Research Program
Health Equity Programs
Migdalia C. Hernandez
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Indigent Patients)
Hematological Malignancies
The Brian Allman
Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Novel Therapeutics Program
Kye Carpenter-Mark
Pediatric AML Program
Louis Fanoun
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Program
Felipe Gonzalez, M.D.
Leukemia Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
William Herron Hall
Rare Lymphoma Program
Ognjen ("Ogi") Kovacevic
T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/ALL
Patient Advocacy Program
Shirley Morrison
Lymphoma Patient Advocacy Program
Nancy Strauss
Hematological Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Louis Fanoun
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Program
Immunotherapy
Nick J. Milazzo
Immunotherapy Program
The Eileen Nakano
Vaccine and Immunotherapy Clinical Trials Program
Interventional Radiology
Bob Rosenberg
Interventional Radiology Program
Kidney/Renal Cell Carcinoma
Leslie F. Bell
Renal Cell Carcinoma Clinical Trials Program
Robert Jones
Kidney Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
Arnold N. Schechter
Renal Cell Carcinoma Patient Advocacy Program
(Metastasis Issues)
Leiomyosarcoma
Gertrude Rosen
Leiomyosarcoma Patient Advocacy Program
Leukemia
Kye Carpenter-Mark
Pediatric AML Program
Felipe Gonzalez, M.D.
Leukemia Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Nancy Strauss
Hematological Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Liver Cancer
Helen Jodice
Liver-Directed Therapies Program
Lung Cancer
Craig Wacknov Allan
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Gary M. Avey
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program for Native Peoples
The Daniel Begg
Lung Cancer Molecular Diagnostics Program
The Janet Elisabeth Peña Bell-Taylor
Angel Buddies Program
The Dr. Gaymon L. Bennett, Jr.
Research Advocacy Program
The Marcia M. Berns
Patient Advocacy Program
The Martell and Katina Bland
Patient Education Program
Kellie Gearinger Brown
Program at ICAN
Donald Henry Cameron
Novel Therapeutics Program
The Thomas James Carney
Research Advocacy Program
The Karen Cheng
Advocacy Program
The Close Program
For Familial Lung Cancers
Lawrence M. Cohen
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
The Chris Commerford
HER2 Targeted Therapies Program
Barbara Cussler
Lung Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
The Nina Devito Novel Therapeutics Program of Canada
Brenda Diener
Lung Cancer Biomarkers Program
The Barbara El-Arabi-Dietz
Research Advocacy Program
The Bobbi Johnson Filipiak
Patient Communication Program
Wendy Gelber
Lung Cancer Research Program
The Elena Gershanov
Patient Access Program
The Natasha Olson Girard
Young Adults Program
Jerome Jay Graves
Cardiovascular Research Program
The Bryan K. Guidizi
Lung Cancer Program
The Kevin M. Hanlon
Clinical Trials Program
The Jodi Harris
Early Detection Program
Carol and Michael Hearons
Family Advocacy Program
The Paul and Susan Hutter
Advocacy Program
The Karen Hutton
Neurosciences Program at ICAN
The Sherman Willis Johnson
Ambassadors Program
The Liza Jones
Patient Advocacy Program
Judy Joseph
Palliative Care Program
The Dr. Sharlyn Kang
Radiation Oncology Program at ICAN
The Matthew Ross Katz
Research Advocacy Program
The Rahat Khanna
Compassionate Use Program
The Barbara Catone King
Research Advocacy Program
The Cheryl Silver Kitchner
Advocacy Program
The Darlene Kratz
Advocacy Program
The JoEllen Ku
Research Advocacy Program
The Louise Kuchel
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
The Miles for Marc
Exon 20 Advocacy Program
Brigitte Lavigne
Research Advocacy Program (Rare Mutations)
The Michael Leung
Patient Advocacy Program
The Michelle Li
Angel Buddies Program
Philip Eric Lindquist
Program for Targeted Therapies
The Hae-Yin Loke
Physician-Patient Communications Program
The Brian Lynch
Patient Advocacy Program
Mimi Martin
Molecular Profiling Program
The Dr. Nalin Nag
Lung Cancer Rare Mutations Clinical Trials Program
The Irene Ng
Patient Advocacy Program
Fred Runnels Padgett
Lung Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
The Jose M. Parracho
Advocacy Program
The Rupali Patil
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
The Jon W. Phillips
Patient Journal Program
Maureen Purdy-Aramino
Lung Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Sandra L. Queli
Lung Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
The Venkat Ramalingam
Research Advocacy Program
The Leslie Rosenberg
Research Advocacy Fund
The Robert Schlosser
Rare Mutation Lung Cancers Program
Mark Shames
Research Advocacy Program
Hilary Martindale Shaw
International Patients Program
The Jack Shinn
Patient Advocacy Program
The Elena Siltanen
Pharmacy Advocacy Program
The Diane Skinner
Research Advocacy Program
The Danielle Slagle
Family Advocacy Program
The Michael Suesserman
Research Advocacy Program
The Andrew Sussman
Research Advocacy Program
The Christine Takahashi
Research Advocacy Program at ICAN
Stephen M. Taft
Advocacy Program at ICAN
The Juan Urbano
Rare Lung Cancer Mutations Program
The Yi-Ting Wei
Advocacy Program
The Julie Woodington
Patient Advocacy Program
The Yiqing Zhou
Patient and Research Advocacy Program
Lymphoma
The Brian Allman
Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Novel Therapeutics Program
William Herron Hall
Rare Lymphoma Program
Ognjen ("Ogi") Kovacevic
T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma/ALL
Patient Advocacy Program
Shirley Morrison
Lymphoma Patient Advocacy Program
Nancy Strauss
Hematological Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Melanoma
Raymond DiPerna
Melanoma Program
Mary Ann Granger-Alderson
Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Robert W. Reimer
Biomarkers Research Center Project
Loryn Simone
Melanoma Patient Advocacy Program
(Newly-Diagnosed Patients)
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma
Patient Advocacy Program
Multiple Myeloma
R. Neil Barnes
Multiple Myeloma Program
Judith and Martin Gang
Multiple Myeloma Patient Advocacy Program
Barbara K. MacDonald
Multiple Myeloma Clinical Trials Program
Neuroblastoma
Stella Demarco
Neuroblastoma Program
Ovarian Cancer
Marilyn Fagan
Ovarian Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Emily Stone Fail
Ovarian Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Pearl Haymes
Personalized Medicine Program
Joyce F. Hediger
Ovarian Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Pamela Johnson
Ovarian Cancer Advocacy Program
Karen Ann Jones
Ovarian Cancer Clinical Trials Program
Martha Conlon Robeck
Advocacy Program
Melody Stockett-Beezley
Personalized Medicine/Ovarian Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Palliative Care
Judy Joseph
Palliative Care Program
Pancreatic Cancer
The John Benske
Patient Advocacy Program
Steven Braunstein
Molecular Early Detection Program
The Carol Brull
Pancreatic Cancer Program
Anthony N. Bua
Patient Advocacy Program
Willard (Bill) Fisher
Pancreatic Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Jim Fling
Pancreatic Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Uri Harel
Therapeutic Arts Program
Susan Leslie Heffron
Palliative Care Program
Jeffrey C. Jeffers
Pancreatic Cancer Research Program
The Phil Kurjan
Research Advocacy Program
Dan Mears
Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials Program
Jacob V. Noble
Cancer Research Program
Patient Safety
Mitzi Haramina
Biologic Medicines and Biosimilars Patient Safety Program
Pediatric Cancer
Kye Carpenter-Mark
Pediatric AML Program
Stella Demarco
Neuroblastoma Program
Xhevair Sulimani
Rare Pediatric Cancer Program
Primary Peritoneal Cancer
Beverlee Zell-Tamis, Ph.D.
Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma Program
Prostate Cancer
Rodney Hardcastle
Survivors Program
Kim Ian Madsen
Prostate Cancer Program
Poul Erik Nielsen
Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Advocacy Program
Public Advocacy and Education
Sybil Erden
Communications and Outreach Program
Lydia Marie Hawkins
Management Training and Leadership Development Program
The Jeff and Lila Hauptman
Healthcare Access Program
Linda Jenckes
Health Care Policy Program
Brenna Lacey
Information Technology Program
Jewell McFarland Lewis, Ph.D.
Philanthropic Advocacy Program
Patricia B. and William H. Lyons
Physician-Patient Communications Program
Rare Cancers
Maeve Carr
Rare Cancers Survivorship Program
Herb Glicksman
Program for Rare Cancers
The Larry Reed Guthrie
Rare Cancers Program
Andy Martin
Rare Cancers Advocacy Program
The Tuyen Nguyen
Rare Cancers Program
The Adam Alabata Sanborn
Rare Gastrointestinal Cancers Program at ICAN
Mary E. Schoenig
Program for Rare Cancers
Xhevair Sulimani
Pediatric Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Leslie F. Bell
Renal Cell Carcinoma Clinical Trials Program
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Florence S. Heffron
Rhabdomyosarcoma Patient Advocacy Program
Sarcoma
Carol Jean Zemba
Sarcoma Patient Advocacy and Survivors Program
Special Programs
The Gary Howell
Spiritual Counseling Program
The Anna Riedel
Advocacy Program
The Robert H. Tamis
BioDiagnostics Program
The Suzette Winters
Molecular Modeling Program
Special Programs in Biomarkers
Brenda Diener
Lung Cancer Biomarkers Program
Carliser M. Rodriquez
Gynecologic Oncology Biomarkers Program
Survivorship Programs
The Paul Adam
Appendix Cancer Survivors Program
Shari H. Baker
Breast Cancer Survivors Program
Maeve Carr
Rare Cancers Survivorship Program
Joni Gottlieb
Breast Cancer Survivors Program
(Patient Empowerment Tools)
Rodney Hardcastle
Survivors Program
Jayne Sanders
Survivorship Program at ICAN
Sylvia Vizcaya-Alderson
Breast Cancer Survivors Program
(Bone Metastasis Issues)
Carol Jean Zemba
Sarcoma Patient Advocacy and Survivors Program
Urothelial Carcinoma
John H. Palestrini
Cancer Patient Advocacy Program
Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia
Debra Shuman Berger
Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia Patient Advocacy Program
Programs Honoring ICAN Volunteers
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