JJ Singleton, Research Advocate at Fight Colorectal Cancer, adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivor, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“This week is AYA or adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer week. AYA cancer is something extremely important to me as I was 27 when I got diagnosed.
The things AYA cancer patients go through that are different than others is vast and covers everything across the board. We also lack resources and research and are forgotten about to often
Remember what it was like to be 15-22 in high school and college or starting work remember what it was like 23-39 careers and families, experiencing life as new adults then try to add cancer into that to get an idea what we all face
Check out Stupid Cancer for all AYA resources and community
Fight Colorectal Cancer Colon Cancer Coalition MAN UP TO CANCER all have AYA resources as well ”
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