Mission
ECAN'S MISSION IS TO SAVE LIVES BY 1) INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT THE LINK BETWEEN REFLUX DISEASE AND CANCER, 2) PROMOTING EARLY DETECTION, 3) SUPPORTING MEDICAL RESEARCH INTO THE PREVENTION, DETECTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER, AND 4) PROVIDING PATIENTS AND FAMILIES WITH TRUSTWORTHY INFORMATION AND COMPASSIONATE SUPPORT. THIS NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, BASED IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, IS LED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TOP MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY ESOPHAGEAL CANCER. HISTORY: ECAN WAS FOUNDED IN 2009 BY FORMER ATTORNEY AND JOURNALIST MINDY MINTZ MORDECAI AND AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS AFTER SHE LOST THE FATHER OF HER TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, AND HER HUSBAND OF 14 YEARS, TO ESOPHAGEAL CANCER. ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES THAT HER HUSBAND AND THOUSANDS MORE LIKE HIM MIGHT NEVER HAVE DIED HAD THEY BEEN AWARE OF THE LINK BETWEEN HEARTBURN AND CANCER, MORDECAI IS DETERMINED TO PREVENT OTHERS F