Children and young adults

Category: Children and young adults

LIVE! At SHARE: Emotional Wellness in Survivorship

The cancer experience isn’t just physical—it’s deeply emotional. Join us for this special episode recorded onsite while filming our SHARE […]

Continuing The Dream: An Inspiring Story of Resilience

Cliff Davis was only sixteen weeks away from graduating medical school when he received the shocking news that he had […]

LIVE! At CancerCon: Coping with Cancer

Please join us for this second live episode from CancerCon® 2023, a young adult cancer conference presented by Stupid Cancer®. […]

LIVE! At CancerCon: The Roadmap of Survivorship

Please join us for this special episode live from CancerCon®, a young adult cancer conference presented by Stupid Cancer®. In […]

The Bloodline Live: Emphasizing the Patient Voice in Young Adult Cancer Care

When adolescents and young adults (AYA) are diagnosed with cancer, they face unique challenges that aren’t seen as frequently in other […]

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma:  Cancer & Pregnancy

Join us as we highlight how pivots in therapy and self-advocacy were used to treat a young woman’s diagnosis of […]

A Young Adult’s Journey Through Two Leukemia Diagnoses

Join us as we speak to John Falco, who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in 2019 and then […]

LIVE! at CancerCon: Navigating Young Adult Cancer

Please join us for our second live episode from CancerCon®, a young adult cancer conference presented by Stupid Cancer®. In […]

LIVE! At CancerCon: A Journey Through Survivorship

Please join us for this special episode live from CancerCon®, a young adult cancer conference presented by Stupid Cancer®. In […]

Innovative Therapies for Acute Leukemias

Join us as we speak to Dr. Hongtao Liu and Dr. Adam DuVall from University of Chicago Medicine, about current […]

Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Child’s Cancer – Survivorship

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of children with cancer.  In this series we […]

Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Child’s Cancer – Schooling

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of children with cancer.  In this series we […]

Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Child’s Cancer – Treatment

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of children with cancer.  In this series we […]

Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Child’s Cancer – Diagnosis

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of children with cancer.  In this series we […]

Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Young Adult’s Cancer – Survivorship

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of young adults with cancer.  In this series […]

Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Young Adult’s Cancer – Moving Home

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of young adults with cancer.  In this series […]

Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Young Adult’s Cancer – Treatment

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of young adults with cancer.  In this series […]

Cancer & Caregiving: Navigating My Young Adult’s Cancer – Diagnosis

Join us for our special series where we focus on parent caregivers of young adults with cancer.  In this series […]

Cancer and a Pandemic – A Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Story

Join us as we speak to Nikki Steltenkamp, a young adult, non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor.  Nikki, an engineer, was 24 years old […]

I Will Survive: A Viral TikTok Star’s Journey through Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)

Join us as we speak to William Yank, a 23-year-old, three-time Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) survivor. In this episode, we hear […]

Patient-Doctor Perspectives: Hereditary Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

Join us as we start a brand new series, Patient-Doctor Perspectives, where we explore a diagnosis from the view of […]

I Am a Young Adult With Cancer…Now What?

Join us as we report from the 2020 Virtual CancerCon and speak to Kyle Benner, a young adult survivor of […]

Facing Racial Disparities as a Black Disabled Patient

Join us as we speak to Ola Ojewumi, a patient and health advocate with Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD), a type […]

Hodgkin Lymphoma Part 2: Struggles of a Young Adult with Cancer

Join us for Part Two of a special two-part series as we speak to Dr. Christabel Cheung, a two-time Hodgkin […]

Hodgkin Lymphoma Part 1: Struggles of a Young Adult with Cancer

Join us for a special two-part episode as we speak to Dr. Christabel Cheung, a two-time Hodgkin Lymphoma Survivor. In […]

Creating Something Bigger Than Myself Despite Cancer: Brett Hagler’s Story

Join this conversation as Alicia, Edith and Lizette sit down to chat with Brett Hagler.  Brett is an author, cancer […]

Survivor, Author, Athlete & Overcomer: Bishoy’s Story

Listen in as Alicia and Lizette from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society speak with Bishoy Tadros.  Bishoy was diagnosed with […]

How Will My Child’s Cancer Diagnosis Impact Their Emotions?

When you think about a pediatric patient, they are not a child living in a vacuum. They are part of […]

My AML Diagnosis: Elissa’s Story

Join in as Shona sits down with Elissa Baldwin onsite at CancerCon 2019. CancerCon is an annual conference held every […]

Coping with Cancer as a Couple

Join in as Shona sits down with Ellen Polamero onsite at CancerCon 2019. Ellen is a clinical social worker at […]

Dating with a Diagnosis: Stephen & Rebecca’s Story

Join Alicia as she speaks with young adult leukemia survivor, Stephen and his wife, Rebecca. This episode was recorded onsite […]

Dating with a Diagnosis: Merissa’s Story

Join Alicia and Lizette as they speak with a young adult and Stage II Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, Merissa Pemberton. Having […]

Young Adult Cancer Action Day: Advocating for Young Adult Survivors

Young adult cancer survivors have unique needs, different from pediatric and adult patients. Live on June 21, 2018, the first […]

Live at CancerCon with Matthew Zachary: Founder of ‘Stupid Cancer’

Listen in as Guest Speaker, Shona Lovie, from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) speaks with Founder of Stupid Cancer, […]

Live at CancerCon with Heather Juliet: Young Adult Advocate & Mentor

Listen in as Guest Speaker, Shona Lovie, from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) speaks with Heather Juliet, a young […]

Live at CancerCon with Melanie Stachelski: Therapist & Young Adult Survivor

Listen in as Guest Speaker, Shona Lovie, from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) speaks with Melanie Stachelski onsite at […]

Live at CancerCon with Sara Davenport: Panelist & Young Adult Survivor

Listen in as Guest Speaker, Shona Lovie, from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) speaks with Sara Davenport, a young […]

Stopped Treatment, Started a Family

Twenty-three years old and living in New York City, Glamour magazine Editor Erin Zammett Ruddy finds herself writing her biggest […]

Timothy’s Turning Point

Listen in as Alicia and Lizette from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) speak with Timothy, an ALL young adult […]

Life on Pause: Racheli’s Story

In her junior year of college and new to Los Angeles, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma was the furthest thing from Racheli’s mind. […]

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