CanTeen CEO @porchard1 closes the 6th Global Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Congress #AYACancerCongress 👏❤️

Key takeaways from Medical Evacuation and Local Capacity Building in AYA Cancer Care in Ukraine with Yuliya Nogovitsyna @IntChildCancer @WorldSIOP @StJude #ayacancercongress #ayacsm @ukrpspoh

@StJudeResearch.

Dr. Zeena Salman replies to applause for evacuating 200 children with cancer from Gaza with a message from her peers: “‘There are 15,000 more children with cancer than need to get out. Don’t pat yourself on the back.’ And that’s what I think about every day.” #ayacancercongress

RT @usansomdaly: Beyond thrilled to share that the Australian #VoicingMyChoices advance care planning communication guide for AYAs is now F….

#voicingmychoices.

Tackling taboos: @LoriWIener shares how an Advance Care Planning Tool can meet the needs of young people facing death and dying @LoriWIener #ayacsm #ayacancercongress

Great to see how research has expanded in #AYA psychosocial care 🙌🏻 Dr Ursula Sansom-Daly @usansomdaly presents the updated, evidence-based @COSAoncology Guidelines for the Psychosocial Management of AYAs with #cancer - coming soon!. Learn more: . #AYACSM

A GLOBAL survey of AYAs confirms that AYA perspectives and coping strategies well past treatment are common across continents. Please take time to read through these and better understand the cancer “labyrinth” rather than journey. #ayacsm #ayacancercongress

Q&A: Is it effective messaging to tell young people that their personal health is a public health issue? @CEwakefield who presented on vaping by young people says quite possibly, because young people do tend to care about their community and express altruism. #AYACancerCongress

🍴🍾 Dinner Coach Transfers:.If you RSVP'd for the coach transfers tonight, Coaches are departing from the MCEC at 5:45pm. Pickup location is 1.Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, just a few steps from the Novotel Hotel South Wharf and the Pan pacific Hotel. #AYACancerCongress.

Surprise!! The music you’ve been hearing at #ayacancercongress was picked by AYAs and you can listen to the playlist whenever you want 🎶🎵

Dr. Jim Whittle shares new methods of cell mapping have vastly improved our ability to understand how different types of cells interact with each other and in what areas, which is very important for medication development. #AYACancerCongress #ayacsm #oncology

@TheKids_AU.

Nick Gottardo shares a successful multinational implementation of new technology. Research should be shared constantly across nations to prevent doubling up and wasting time in treating young people who depend on urgent innovation in cancer research. #ayacsm #ayacancercongress

RT @TeenCancerUSA: "I have to go through chemotherapy and why would I put my son through that but again, he was my drive. It was not a n….

Cannabis is a known endocrine disruptor that could impact both breast and testis cancer rates. As use increased 245% among teens in the US from 2000 to 2022, more research of its role as a causative factor in YA cancers is needed. - Dr. Rebecca Johnson #ayacsm #ayacancercongress

Invited #AYACancerCongress speaker Dr Bryan Sisk @Sisk_MD shares a model and approach to studying communication in #AYA with #cancer . As well as opportunities/challenges to using technology - like patient portals- to prompt and support communication #AYACSM

RT @Doctor_Ness: Lived experience of cancer as a young adult in a low/middle income country. powerful presentation at @AYAGlobalCancer th….

Another great suggestion: Normalize what you need to say, using a phrase like “other patients have wondered about…” Be genuine and straightforward because AYAs can always tell when you are dancing around a topic @AlisonMaryBaker #ayacsm #ayacancercongress.