CancerCare's professional oncology social workers provide free support services to men coping with cancer. In addition to Case Management (available nationally), Counseling (available in New York and New Jersey) and Financial Assistance, we offer the following services specifically for men.

Support Groups

Led by professional oncology social workers, our support groups connect you with others.

Live

• Living With Cancer: Gay Men with Cancer Support Group (New York, Video)
• Living With Cancer: Men With Cancer Support Group (New Jersey, Video)

Connect Education Workshops

Leading experts in oncology provide up-to-date information about cancer-related issues.

• Highlights from the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting: Unite and Conquer: Accelerating Progress Together
• For Caregivers: Coping with a Loved One’s Metastatic Prostate Cancer
• For Caregivers: Coping with Your Loved One’s Metastatic Prostate Cancer
• Advances in the Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Publications

Order or view our free publications offering the latest cancer treatment information and how to better cope with cancer.

• After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
• Prostate Cancer: What You Should Know About Screening and Diagnosis

Ask CancerCare

Read questions submitted to us and answered by our oncology social workers.

• My father has prostate cancer and I keep seeing conflicting information about prostate cancer treatment. Are there updated treatments online anywhere?
• I have just had a surgery for prostate cancer. When will I be able to be sexually active? Is there anything I should do and how do I explain things to my partner?
• I need information or possibly first hand knowledge of how Tamoxifen affects men. I am a male with breast cancer undergoing this treatment and I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel but it doesn’t feel normal. Can you help?

Stories of Help and Hope

Read inspirational stories from men who have received support from CancerCare.

• Laurence J., Diagnosed with prostate cancer
• Jonah E., Diagnosed with melanoma
• Allen M., Diagnosed with lung cancer
• Ronald M., Diagnosed with anal cancer
• Willard B., Diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma
• Ric S., Diagnosed with bladder cancer
• Charles H., Diagnosed with sarcoma
• Nolan D., Diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Additional Resources

Find additional information and resources from the following organizations.

• American Urological Association Foundation
• Malecare, Inc.
• Prostate Advocates Aiding Choices in Treatments (PAACT)
• Prostate Cancer Education Council
• Prostate Cancer Foundation
• The Prostate Net
• Us TOO International Prostate Cancer Education & Support Network
• ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer