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April 16, 2015 By: Emily Drake In October of this past year, I attended the second annual Society of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (SAYAO) conference: Breaking Barriers in Acute [...]

February 24, 2015 By: Emily Drake Whether you are new to the club or an existing member, you may not know everything about CancerFightClub! We are an innovative support initiative for young [...]

January 1, 2015 By: Emily Drake Whether you have been a part of CancerFightClub for a while or are just learning about us now, you may be unaware that it is a program of Hope & Cope, a [...]

December 16, 2014 By: Julie Szasz Last summer was my first young adult cancer retreat. Oh, what a treat! It was organized in collaboration by Cedars CanSupport, Hope & Cope and VOBOC. Having [...]

December 4, 2014 By: Chad Hammond How do we tell our stories of being ill? As it turns out in my narrative research with young adults living with cancer, there is seemingly no end to the many [...]

November 11, 2014 By: Terri Wingham “It’s the possibility of a dream coming true that makes life interesting,he thought, as he looked again at the position of the sun and hurried his pace.” Paulo [...]

October 16, 2014 By: Mike Craycraft I have been watching Stand Up 2 Cancer since the original event in 2008 and each year chills come to my skin and tears to my eyes. The event is amazing given [...]

August 28, 2014 By: Emily Drake If you follow adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer organizations and advocates on Twitter, you may have seen the hashtag #AYACSM popping up in your feed over [...]

August 26, 2014 By: Bonnie Lang Hi! I’m Bonnie Lang, a personal trainer in Calgary, Alberta and one half of the 2-person nonprofit my husband and I run, Survive & Thrive Cancer Programs, [...]

August 14, 2014 By: Marianne Stephan Menopause, sexual intimacy issues, scars, bodies that have betrayed… these are some of the many things you’ll hear out of the mouths of the women at [...]