ECAN’s MISSION is to SAVE LIVES by increasing
awareness about the link between Reflux Disease and Cancer, promoting early detection, supporting medical innovation to prevent, detect, treat and cure Esophageal Cancer, and providing patients and families with the latest, most reliable medical information and compassionate support.

ECAN’s Board of Directors is comprised of top medical
professionals, business leaders, patients and family members who have been touched by Esophageal Cancer.

A national non-profit organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, ECAN provides patients and families with support during their journey, tools to raise awareness and a chance to advocate for progress to improve survival and quality of life for patients - and slow the increase of this disease in the future.

ECAN's advocacy has added more than $11 million in new funding for Esophageal Cancer researchers.