Cancer EXP™ is a human-centered platform dedicated to helping patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers better understand and navigate the cancer journey beyond the diagnosis. We aim to improve communication, reduce isolation, and create stronger support experiences for everyone impacted by cancer.
Curtiss R. Calhoun is a Human Experience & Performance Speaker and the founder of Cancer EXP™, a platform dedicated to bringing patients, caregivers, medical providers, and the organizations that support them together through deeper understanding and shared perspective.
After being diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer, Curtiss transformed his lived experience into a mission focused on improving how people communicate, connect, and support one another throughout the cancer journey. His work goes beyond clinical care to address the emotional, psychological, and relational realities that often remain unseen but deeply impact everyone involved.
With more than 20 years of experience in coaching, leadership development, and human performance, Curtiss combines real-world insight with practical guidance to help individuals and organizations better understand the human side of cancer. Through speaking, conversations, and community engagement, he creates spaces where honest dialogue leads to greater empathy, stronger support systems, and more intentional care.
Curtiss believes that when we better understand the experience, we improve how we show up for one another.
Cancer EXP™ was created from a reality that changed everything.
What began as one man’s journey through Stage IV colon cancer became something much bigger, a realization that cancer is more than a diagnosis, more than treatment plans, and more than medical terminology. It is a deeply human experience that affects patients, caregivers, medical providers, families, and entire support systems in different ways.
After his diagnosis, founder Curtiss Calhoun quickly realized there was a gap in the cancer journey that often goes unaddressed. Patients were trying to process fear, uncertainty, and emotional weight. Caregivers were carrying silent pressure while trying to remain strong for others. Providers were working tirelessly to treat the disease while balancing the demands of care. Yet despite everyone being connected to the same experience, they did not always fully understand each other’s perspectives. That realization became the foundation for Cancer EXP™.
Cancer EXP™ was built to create a space where those perspectives could come together through honest conversation, lived experience, shared insight, and intentional support. The mission is not only to raise awareness about cancer, but to deepen understanding of the experience itself, so communication improves, empathy grows, and support becomes more human-centered and effective.
Through conversations, speaking engagements, podcast interviews, community dialogue, and educational content, Cancer EXP™ helps bridge the gap between patients, caregivers, and providers by exploring the realities that often go unseen and unspoken. At its core, Cancer EXP™ believes that understanding changes everything.
When patients feel understood, they feel less alone.
When caregivers feel recognized, they feel supported.
When providers better understand the human experience, care becomes more connected and compassionate.
This platform exists to remind people that cancer is not just something to treat, it is something people live through together. And when we better understand the experience, we improve how we respond to it.
Our mission is to bridge the gap between patients, caregivers, and providers by turning lived experience into clarity, connection, and action.
Our vision is to transform cancer care by making understanding the experience as important as treating the disease.
Join us for upcoming events. We can't wait to see you there.
Cancer EXP™ Beyond the Diagnosis - Conversation Group
Every Thurs of the month (Except last Thurs) @ 7pm PST - Virtually
Cancer EXP™ Beyond the Diagnosis - Meet-Up
Last Thurs of the Month @ 6-8pm, PST - In-Person
