Did you know that every year almost 70,000 young adults between the ages of 15 and 40 are diagnosed with cancer? Did you also know that the survival rate for this age group has remained the same over the past three decades? Fortunately the Livestrong Young Adult Alliance is working on these problems, striving to boosting cancer survival rates and improving the quality of life for young adults with cancer. They have brought together a coalition of organizations, like the I'm Too Young for This! Cancer Foundation and together they are going to make a difference. They know that things like delays in diagnosis, lack of health insurance coverage, overlooked early warning signs of cancer and lack of participation in cancer clinical trials are contributing to lower survival rates. They also want to help young adult cancer patients face their own unique challenges, like: long-term effects from cancer treatments that need to be addressed over their lifetime, obstacles in … [Read more...]
