Young Adults: This is Your Week. Listen Up!
by Kelli Craddock (LIVESTRONG Staff)
Today kicks-off National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week (NYACAW), April 5-11, 2009. DID YOU KNOW that 70,000 young adults, between the ages of 15-39, are diagnosed with cancer each year? AND, that cancer is the leading disease killer among 20-39 year olds? AND, that survival rates for young adults have NOT increased since 1975? Young Adults are more likely to have a delay in diagnosis. We don?t like it ONE bit! And, if you?re a young adult reading this, you probably don?t like it either!
The LAF and 110 other GREAT organizations have teamed together to form the LIVESTRONG YOUNG ADULT ALLIANCE. Together, our goal is to improve survival rates and quality of life for young adults with cancer. To learn more about the Alliance, please go to our website
To honor NYACAW, you will hear stories from cancer survivors and community grantees every day this week ? so, keep coming back. Also, send out your own NYACAW Facebook flair to your friends to spread the word. Find it on the LIVESTRONG Facebook Page
SHOUT OUT to AUSTINITES ? come to Mellow Johnny?s Bike Shop, 400 Nueces at 4th Street, tonight, Monday, April 6th, 7-9pm as Planet Cancer and the LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance kick host an evening of fun! Eric Shanteau, US Olympic swimmer and cancer survivor, sharing his experience. Heidi Adams, Planet Cancer founder and cancer survivor, broadcasting live on national Sirius radio show ?Stupid Cancer!? Ian Cion, local artist, coordinating giant collaborative art project madness celebrating the strength of the young adult movement. Door prizes from the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Discount on Mellow Johnny?s merchandise. Tasty Refreshments .
So, as a young adult, what can YOU do? Know your Risks. Know your Body and GET Answers. Talk to your Doctor.
