What this is
Cancer Support is a free tool that helps patients and family caregivers understand cancer in plain language. You tell it about your situation, and five AI helpers — a movement specialist, a dietician, a speech-and-swallowing specialist (when relevant), an emotional wellbeing helper, and a patient navigator — search trusted public medical sources and put together a summary you can bring to your next appointment.
What this is not
This is not medical advice. It does not diagnose your cancer, recommend treatments, or replace your oncology team. It is general information from public sources, written in plain language.
We do not store medical advice for you. We do not have access to your medical records. We do not know your full situation. Your oncology team does.
Who built it
Cancer Support uses the same architecture as a research tool called the AI Tumor Board, but redesigned from the ground up for patients and caregivers instead of clinicians. Every claim made by a helper must be backed by a source you can check.
Open source
This is a free, open-source project, released under the Apache 2.0 license so anyone can use, study, and build on it. You can read the full source code, report a problem, or contribute on GitHub: github.com/Roupen92/AI-for-cancer-patients.
Where the information comes from
The helpers search trusted patient-facing oncology organizations (American Cancer Society, Cancer.Net by ASCO, the National Cancer Institute, Macmillan, Cancer Research UK, and others), peer-reviewed medical literature on PubMed, and specialty-body guidance (APTA Oncology, ASHA, ESPEN, AOSW). Citations in your summary link to the actual sources so you can read the original.
If you are in crisis
If you are thinking about hurting yourself or are in immediate danger, please call your local emergency number or contact a crisis line:
- United States: 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline)
- United Kingdom: 116 123 (Samaritans)
- Canada: 1-833-456-4566 (Talk Suicide Canada)
- Other countries: findahelpline.com