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Charities come together for Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month this April

This April marks the second Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, an opportunity for charities and the young people we support to come together and raise awareness of the unique challenges facing this age group when faced with the three words that change their lives: “you have cancer”. 

1st April 2024

TYAC researcher brings together young people who have had skin cancer and professionals at special event

Dr McInally’s project is investigating the experiences of young people with skin cancer and their significant others, such as loved ones and friends, with the goal of improving services for teenagers and young adults diagnosed with the disease.

7th December 2023

Accessible new learning resource launched for multiprofessionals in early career stage

Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer (TYAC) and Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) have released the first in a series of eLearning units to aid the development of multiprofessionals in the early years of a career in children or teenage and young adult cancer services.

4th December 2023

Experiences of young cancer patients sought to improve care

On 23 April 2024, the TYAC Professional Education Group is running a session aimed at helping staff better understand the experiences of young people with cancer as part of Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group's (CCLG) Annual Conference.

31st October 2023

Welcome to our new TYAC Chair and Executive member

We are delighted to welcome our new TYAC Chair, Liz Purnell, and Executive member, Hanna Simpson.

5th September 2023

NHS England publishes new standards for teenage and young adult cancer services

26th May 2023

Charities come together to launch Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month this April

Cancer charities from across the UK have come together for the first Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month.

16th March 2023

TYAC funds research to help young people with skin cancer

Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer (TYAC) is proud to announce it has funded two brand-new research projects that will answer questions important to teenagers and young adults with cancer.

11th August 2022

New research project will help young people understand their risk of kidney damage

Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer (TYAC) is proud to have funded its first two research projects to help young people with cancer.

11th August 2022

Young People's Representatives for the TYAC Professional Education Group

The TYAC (Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer) Professional Education Group has an exciting opportunity for young people to become a Young People's Representative. The role will be at the heart of the the group's efforts to improve the care of teenage and young adults during and following cancer treatment.

1st June 2022