Socializing/Recreational Links
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Crazy Sexy Cancer – Check out the Trailer for this documentary.
Crazy Sexy Cancer is an irreverent and uplifting documentary about a young woman looking
for a cure and finding her life.
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Waiting Room Magazine
WAITING ROOM is the first young-thinking, style-conscious publication about cancer. With
bold, provocative content, and featuring cutting edge design and photography WAITING
ROOM challenges stereotypes and taboos, changing the way our readers understand and
experience cancer. WAITING ROOM is dedicated to providing a resource for anyone in the
prime of life touched by cancer.
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I’m Too Young For This
Our Goal: Increase the 5-year survival rates for young adults while empowering them to
achieve their peak potential and get busy living through their survivorship.
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Aside From Cancer I’m Fine
“When I was initially diagnosed I only wanted to discuss cancer with a select few. The
marines of my life if you will. Now, not so much. If anyone comments on my hair (or sadly,
now, my lack thereof) I blurt out that I have cancer or am being treated for cancer. If people
comment on Baron's name ("it's so unusual!") I tell them it means warrior and he and I
went through chemo together. I shock people all the time and really, truly don't care.”
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Livestrong Young Adult Alliance
The LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance is a coalition of organizations with the goal to
improve the survival rates and quality of life for young adults with cancer between the ages
of 15 and 40. The Alliance is committed to promoting research and the investigation of the
problem, serving as a voice for the issue and promoting effective solutions.
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Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Program OHSU
Since its founding in 2006, the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s AYA Oncology Program has
existed to serve patients and implement the recommendations of the NCI’s Adolescent and
Young Adult Oncology Progress Review Group. The Knight is proud to participate in that
effort with both local and regional program building as well as charter membership in the
LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance. The team we have assembled within the Knight ranges
from pediatric oncology to rehabilitation services, and from social work to fertility
preservation specialists.
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AYA Facebook page
The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative
http://liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org/
The articles in our Electronic Sarcoma Update Newsletter as well as other information helps
to understand and discuss sarcoma and potential treatment options.
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Educational Links
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Fertile Help
Fertile Hope is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing reproductive
information, support and hope to cancer patients and survivors whose medical treatments
present the risk of infertility.
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Coping With Chemo
Helping teens with cancer to navigate their chemotherapy treatments through education
and by fostering connection with others through online blogging and chat rooms.
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The LifeLab
Social networking, peer support, creative workshops and support services to help young
adults rebuild their lives after treatment.
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CancerCare [For Young Adults]
Professional counseling, facilitated peer support groups, creative workshops and financial
assistance for young adults with cancer.
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Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Dedicated to empowering all women affected by breast cancer to live as long as possible
with the best quality of life through community and educational resources.
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Young Adult Cancer
Online community forums, survivor retreats, discussion rooms, blogs and informational
links for adolescents and young adults with cancer.
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