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"NO WAY, IT CAN'T BE" (The Ulman Cancer Fund For Young Adults) is a resource guidebook for young adults dealing with cancer from the initial diagnosis through long-term survivorship. Over the past 5 years, the book—coauthored by 3-time survivor Doug Ulman and his mother Diana—has been continuously expanded, providing its readers with a plethora of information pertaining to how young adults, their family and friends, affected by cancer can face the challenges that lie ahead.
PLANNING FOR LIFE AFTER CANCER: A Guide To Survivorship For Teens and Young Adults (The Lance Armstrong Foundation) discusses how, when treatments finish, many survivors want to focus on returning back to normal. As a survivor, taking charge of your health and preparing for life after cancer treatment can help make the transition easier. This pamphlet encourages teen and young adult cancer survivors to take a more active role in their future by reaching out to others and being comfortable asking any questions they may have, empowering them to think about how to prepare for life after treatment.
CANCER CARE FOR YOUNG ADULTS is an informational flier that helps adolescents and young adults learn how they can deal with the complex array of emotions that often come with a diagnosis of cancer though the CancerCare's free counseling services and support groups. Their message is clear, "Life will never be the same after cancer, but it doesn't mean you stop living." CancerCare provides almost two-dozen quality, understandable cancer publications absolutely free for people with cancer, their loved ones, and healthcare professionals. This literature provides helpful tips on survivorship.
What Every Young Woman Needs to Know About Breast Cancer (Young Survival Coalition) offers important information on young women and breast cancer including statistics and what a young woman should do if she feels a lump. This brochure is a resource for all young women and the members of the medical community who serve them. This organization produces a variety of free educational support materials and program literature that provide information on breast cancer in young women and the issues relevant to this population.
Vegas, baby! Registration is open for the 5th Annual OMG! Cancer Summit for Young Adults from 3/30 - 4/1 at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. This event will fill up very quickly, we promise! Visit http://omg2012.org and get pumped for hippest event in all of cancerland! Also check out the OMG Players Club, an exciting new fundraising challenge where you could earn free registration, up to $600 in travel reimbursement, an iPad2 or even a MacBook Air![Website]
Join Team Stupid Cancer: the nation's first running team organized to exclusively support the young adult cancer community and the mission of the I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation. Guaranteed entry into the 2012 NYC Half-Marathon! Limited slots. Low fundraising requirements.[Website]
The Stupid Cancer Show won "Most Innovative Use Of Social Media" at the 2011 Stay Classy Awards in San Diego on Saturday, September 17th. This prestigious honor only further solidifies our broadcast as a paradigm shifting media platform in healthcare. Thank you to Stay Classy and the thousands of fans out there who voted for us and made this possible![Website]
After attending an advanced screening, and with permission from Summit Entertainment, Matthew Zachary is proud to share his official "he's not a film critic" review of the game-changing cancer comedy flick, 50/50[StupidCancerBlog]
Writer Edward Winstead of the prestigious NCI Bulletin (a publication of the National Cancer Institute) recently sat down with i[2]y CEO Matthew Zachary to get the low down on what he's got up his sleeve for the growing young adult cancer movement [NationalCancerInstitute]