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May 4, 2016 By: Emily Drake Part 2 of the AYA: Australia Series (To read Part 1 click here) The Inaugural Australasian International Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Congress took place [...]

March 2, 2016 By: Lorna Larsen RN, BScN, Team Shan President Check Yourself Canada "I've got something to say. Advice for you to take." Check Yourself. Watch the video. SHARE the [...]

November 26, 2015 By: Dr. Boukaram Integrative medicine is a new approach being used to treat patients, including those affected by cancer. This discipline originated in the United States and has [...]

October 20, 2015 By: Dr. Boukaram Integrative medicine is a new and little known term. It’s the perfect combination of conventional medicine and complementary treatments that aims to ensure [...]

September 10, 2015 By: Emily Drake Here are five things you may not know about Oncofertility: 1. The word “Oncofertility” was coined by Dr. Teresa K. Woodruff of Northwestern [...]

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 [...]

March 19, 2015 By: Chad Hammond It’s pretty standard for young adults to experiment with different lifestyles and identities as we figure out who we want to be. There are times we feel certain [...]

February 19, 2015 By: Lisa Fisher When someone is diagnosed with a chronic illness, the focus tends to be on that individual rather than on those who surround and support her/him. I have been [...]

February 12, 2015 By: Emily Drake I had the fortune this past October to attend the second annual Society of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (SAYAO) Conference at the University of [...]

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 [...]