Looking for a #_CancerSocialMedia Chat?

If you are a reader of this blog you know that the #gyncsm (Gynecologic Cancer Social Media) community holds a regular Tweet chat on 2nd Wednesdays at 9pm Eastern Time. Did you know that there are other Twitter chats and communities for those impacted by cancer? As we begin the New Year, we wanted to take a moment and share with you a number of regular #_csm chats that may be helpful to you, a friend or loved one.

#bcsm breast cancer social media  Handle: @BCSMChat

Chats: Weekly on Monday 9pm Eastern Time

This long running chat started on 7/4/2011 by Jody Schroger and Alicia Staley. BCSM's mission is dedicated to empowering those affected by breast cancer through programs that provide evidence-based information in a supportive and compassionate manner. Moderated by @stales and @DrAttai

https://bcsm.org/

#lcsm lung cancer social media  Handle: @lcsmchat

Chat: 2nd Thursdays at 8pm Eastern Time 

The first chat was held on July 25, 2013. The focus of LCSM is to use social media in an innovative manner to educate, develop public support, end the stigma, and facilitate successful treatments for the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Moderated by Dr. H. Jack West @JackWestMD and Janet Freeman-Daily @JFreemanDaily

https://lcsmchat.com/

#btsm brain tumor social media  Handle: @BTSMchat

Chat: First Sunday each month at 9pm Eastern Time

The chat was inspired by the #bcsm chat and was founded in February 2012. Information on how to participate in the chat may be found at https://thelizarmy.com/2013/05/how-to-participate-in-the-btsm-tweet-chat/  Moderated by @cblotner_ @thelizarmy @adamhayden

#MMSM Multiple Myeloma Social Media Chat
Chat: Wednesdays 3-4pm Central Time
Find out more information by following #MMSM on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MultipleMyelomaMMSMTweetChat/

#PANCChat Pancreatic Cancer Tweet Chat 

Chat: Last Tuesday of each month at 8pm Eastern Time

Founded in April 2016, the chat was developed to provide relevant, credible, and timely information to the PC community. Read more in the journal article http://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2018.36.4_suppl.242

Co-hosts: @PanCAN, @DrAllysonOcean and guest experts

#ayacsm Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Chat 

Chat: First Tuesday of the month at 8pm ET
Chats are attended by advocates, health care providers and survivors and offer topics of interest to adolescents and young adults.
Host: @EK_Drake

Symplur lists cancer-related hashtags on their Cancer Tag Ontology page (https://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/ontology/cancer/)

Other chats that may be of interest to our followers include:

#hpm chat Hospice and Palliative Medicine Chat @hpmchat
Chat: Every Wednesday at 6pm PT/9pm ET.
Moderators @ctsinclair, @rfberry, @EOLnavigator, @GraniteDoc or @acderinger
To be notified of chats please visit - http://www.hpmchat.org/

#HCLDR Health Care Leader Chat @hcldr
Chat: every Tuesday at 8:30pm ET (GMT-5)
A community ( patients, health care providers, caregivers, IT, policy makers etc)  of people who share a passion for improving healthcare.
More information may be found at https://hcldr.wordpress.com/
Founded in 2012. Moderators  @colin_hung and @JoeBabaian

#CureConnect Chat
Chat: Monthly
Hosted by CURE Magazine

#WegoHealthChat 
Chat: Periodic
Hosted by WEGO Health to bring patient leaders together to discuss issues that are important to their various communities.
https://www.wegohealth.com/2017/04/11/10-tips-for-participating-twitter-chat/

#PatientChat Empowered Patient Chat

Chat: Bi-weekly on Fridays 1pm ET

Hosted by Patient Empowerment Network

https://powerfulpatients.org/resources/empowered-patient-chat/

#PatientsHavePower Chat
Chat: Periodic
Hosted by Clara Health/Breakthrough Crew

#WTFix Chat
Chat: Periodic
Hosted by HealthSparq


If you moderate a chat for those impacted by cancer, please let us know and we will add you to this list.

Happy New Year!