- Jan 2, 2018
Teen, young adult cancer patients fall through the cracks: Can technology help?
Teens and young adults have different, more aggressive cancers than young children and older adults. With fewer clinical trials focused...
- Jun 12, 2017
5 Things for Parents to Consider When Communicating with their AYA With Cancer
A cancer diagnosis, the treatment process, and the transition from cancer patient to cancer survivor brings a host of challenging changes...
- May 30, 2017
5 Things for Health Care Providers to Consider When Communicating with AYAs
HCPs are in a unique position to help AYA patients engage more actively in their care. By providing opportunities for AYAs to be included...
- May 15, 2017
Younger patients face unique challenges post-cancer
More than 80 per cent of teens and young adults who are diagnosed with cancer will survive.But cancer and its treatment have a...
- May 5, 2017
Fertility challenges a burden for adolescents and young adults with cancer: new report
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (the Partnership) has released a report on Canadian adolescents and young adults (AYAs) – aged 15...
- Mar 30, 2017
Cruel fusion: What a young man’s death means for childhood cancer
Epigenetic discoveries are fuelling renewed interest in the fusion proteins that have bedevilled cancer biologists. Read more:...
- Dec 21, 2016
FDA Officials Call for Including Adolescents in Adult Oncology Trials
A team of officials at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are calling for a "culture shift" by drugmakers, regulators and clinical...
- Dec 16, 2016
I Survived Childhood Cancer - And Spent Two Decades Thinking I’d Never Be A Mum
I’m 39 now, and I’ve had a lot of late effects as a result of cancer treatment, for example, it weakened my heart. But for me, by far the...