06/04/2026
December 2022.
That’s when the first conversations about the Interactive Cancer Playbook began.
At the time, it was just an idea: a place where cancer patients could build their own playbook, learn from patient-reported outcomes, ask questions, explore evidence-informed information, and connect with a community of other patients walking similar paths.
The vision was clear.
Building it was the hard part.
Over the years, we worked with several developers, tested different platforms, hit roadblocks, and had moments where it felt like the technology just couldn’t match what we were trying to create.
But we never gave up.
At its core, the idea was simple:
Patient-Reported Outcomes + Research = Your Playbook
But we wanted to build more than a database.
We envisioned a platform that functions similar to Waze meets a dating app for cancer patients.
Like Waze, it helps patients explore possible paths forward by combining patient-reported outcomes backed by published research, allowing them to see how others with similar diagnoses, symptoms, and treatment experiences have navigated their journeys and what outcomes they reported.
Like a dating app, it helps patients find and connect with others who may share similar diagnoses, symptoms, treatments, priorities, or experiences.
And with ChatOG—made possible in part through a $10,000 sponsorship from Google—patients can ask questions and learn from an AI agent trained on ERIC Cancer Playbook data and the collective wisdom of our mentors, who represent more than 85 years of combined experience helping cancer patients navigate cannabis as part of their journey.
The result is a place where patients can:
Build their own playbook
Explore patient-reported outcomes
Review relevant research
Connect with a community of patients
Ask questions through ChatOG and learn from decades of shared experience
Today, after years of persistence, our team has officially built and launched the Interactive Cancer Playbook.
This is more than a website.
It is a playbook.
It is a community.
It is decades of experience, patient-reported outcomes, research, and technology brought together in one place to help cancer patients make more informed decisions.
With tears of joy flowing, I’m here to announce that the Interactive Cancer Playbook is officially launched!
If you are a cancer patient or know one, please tell them to visit ericcancerplaybook.org and Start A Playbook.
