CancerNavigator

What CancerNavigator does

CancerNavigator is a Washington, D.C.-based cancer care navigation and analytics company that guides recently diagnosed cancer patients to high-quality oncologists, surgeons, and hospital programs appropriate for their specific cancer type and stage. Its core product is a proprietary Cancer Navigation Database built over four years through analytics and interviews with hundreds of top oncologists, which maps the capabilities of every hospital and doctor in the United States against the expertise required for 52 types of cancer and 200,000+ clinical scenarios. The platform layers real-time claims detection onto an evidence-based research engine, and services are delivered through 1:1 support from Oncology Certified Nurses rather than self-service apps.

The company sells exclusively through B2B channels as an employee and union-member benefit. Distribution runs through employer-sponsored and Taft-Hartley health plans (Bricklayers, Carpenters, Conservation, Engineers, Fire, LIUNA, Teamsters and others), self-insured employers, health insurance plans, and — as of February 2026 — a strategic collaboration with Texas Oncology and Oncology Ventures that embeds the service across 300+ community oncology care locations serving 71,000 new cancer patients annually. Pricing is negotiated on annual subscription contracts with health plans and employers; no public pricing is disclosed.

CancerNavigator was co-founded by Adam Bradley (CEO) and Spencer Bradley, is led by a team drawn from Berkeley Research Group, Included Health, Headspace, Optum, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Dana-Farber, and the American Cancer Society, and is reported to employ 11-50 people. The company has raised approximately $7.0 million from Oncology Ventures as of February 2026 and is privately held.

Name

CancerNavigator

Legal name

CancerNavigator, Inc

Website

https://cancernavigator.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CancerNavigator is a cancer care navigation platform that uses a proprietary clinical database and Oncology Certified Nurses to route newly diagnosed patients to appropriate oncologists and hospitals. It is sold as a B2B health-plan and employer benefit, with distribution through unions, self-insured employers, and the Texas Oncology network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cancer Care Navigation Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Oncology Pathways & Precision Medicine Decision Support (HLACAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Oncology Remote Symptom Monitoring & Care Navigation (HLALAFAD)

Keywords

• Cancer care navigation
• Oncology nurse support
• Health plan benefits
• Patient decision support
• Specialist matching services

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Health Plan Benefit Services: CancerNavigator is offered as a support service through employer and union health plans. Revenue is generated through negotiated contracts with health plans and self-insured employers who embed the service as a benefit for their members/employees facing cancer diagnoses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

CancerNavigator provides cancer care navigation and decision support services to health plan members, connecting newly diagnosed cancer patients with Oncology Certified Nurses for 1:1 support. The service uses a proprietary Cancer Navigation Database to match patients to oncologists, surgeons, and hospitals best equipped for their specific cancer type and stage. It is sold exclusively through employer-sponsored and union-sponsored health plans as an employee benefit.

Product overview

CancerNavigator is a single unified product offering — a cancer care navigation and decision support platform designed to help patients reach excellent experts for their specific type and stage of cancer. The core CancerNavigator platform combines real-time claims detection, an evidence-based research engine mapping over 200,000 cancer-specific scenarios, and a national provider suitability database. This platform is powered by the proprietary Cancer Navigation Database, which was built over four years and maps hospital and doctor capabilities against expertise required for 52 types of cancer. The service is offered exclusively through employer and union health plans as a 1:1 nurse navigation support service, with Oncology Certified Nurses providing personalized guidance. One million Americans have access to the service through their health plans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CancerNavigator Service
• Cancer Navigation Database

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Texas OncologycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 February 2026Texas Oncology is the largest physician-led oncology network in the US, operating over 300 care locations and serving 71,000 new cancer patients annually. Through the Oncology Ventures collaboration, CancerNavigator is embedded in Texas Oncology's network to provide routing and care decision support, addressing cancer care disparities in community settings.
• Taft-Hartley Union Funds (Bricklayers, Carpenters, Conservation, Engineers, Fire, LIUNA, Teamsters)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCancerNavigator partners with multiple Taft-Hartley union funds to provide cancer navigation support for union members. The service was designed after 60+ interviews with labor cancer survivors and launched with three original Taft-Hartley partners. Union members face higher cancer incidence (20% above average) making this a critical population to serve.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Rightway Health: Rightway provides a consumer-focused healthcare navigation platform and pharmacy benefit navigation to employers. It competes with CancerNavigator in the B2B employer benefits market with an emphasis on member experience and cost containment.
• Carrum Health: Carrum Health connects employees with curated Centers of Excellence for specialty care including oncology, mirroring CancerNavigator's routing-to-best-provider model. It is a direct peer in employer-sponsored specialty care navigation with overlapping oncology use cases.
• Included Health: Included Health (formed from Doctor On Demand and Grand Rounds) offers virtual care, expert medical opinions, and care navigation to employers and health plans. It is a direct competitor, particularly after acquiring ConsumerMedical, which provides cancer and specialty care guidance similar to CancerNavigator's offering.
• Accolade: Accolade provides personalized healthcare advocacy and navigation services to employers and health plans, helping members access appropriate care. It is a direct competitor in B2B care navigation, offering a broader clinical scope but overlapping heavily with CancerNavigator on cancer-related guidance.
• ConsumerMedical (part of Included Health): ConsumerMedical provides expert medical opinions and clinical advocacy including oncology decision support. It is now part of Included Health but historically competed head-to-head with CancerNavigator in guiding patients to appropriate specialists and centers of excellence for cancer.
• PinnacleCare (Sun Life): PinnacleCare provides expert medical opinions, care navigation, and personal health guidance, including for cancer patients. Acquired by Sun Life, it competes with CancerNavigator in serving high-acuity members through employer and individual channels.
• Quantum Health: Quantum Health is a healthcare navigation and care coordination company serving large self-insured employers and health plans. It competes directly with CancerNavigator in B2B benefit navigation, with overlapping employer customers and similar population-health value propositions.
• Health Advocate (West Health): Health Advocate offers employee assistance, healthcare navigation, and advocacy services to employers and health plans. It competes with CancerNavigator in benefits-navigation B2B sales and serves similar employer customers with broader clinical scope.

Emerging players

• Solera Health: Solera Health is a benefit manager that connects payers and employers to a curated network of chronic disease prevention and management providers. It is an emerging peer in B2B health benefit navigation with adjacent capabilities to CancerNavigator's oncology routing model.
• One Call Care Management: One Call provides care coordination across specialty diagnostics, physical therapy, and complex care management for workers' comp and group health customers. It is an emerging peer with overlapping care navigation capabilities serving employer channels similar to CancerNavigator's union focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cancernavigator

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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