Video PSA campaign called for national young adult Cancer Awareness Week(R)

Vital options international, a global non profit cancer of Communications Organization, in cooperation with the YA program of the UC Irvine Chao family comprehensive cancer center, a number of video published public service and vignettes of young adults with cancer for national young adult cancer awareness week (NYACAW) April 3-9. One is late teens up to age 40 available unique clinical and emotional problems.

-About 70,000 young adults in their teens through their late 30s cancer diagnosed each year in the United States.

-Krebs is the leading cause of death in people 20 to 39 years old, after the murder and suicide.

-In the last 20 years survival rates have reached a total a plateau in young adults with cancer.

-Junge adults have the lowest participation rate in clinical trials for all age groups.

-Junge adult face unique psychosocial aspects such as fertility conservation, physical appearance, sexuality, education, insurance issues, employment rehabilitation and long-term effects of treatment.

Adults cancers, which are different than pediatric patients and older adults get-Junge patients.

When founded vital options was in 1983, it was the first organization for young adults with cancer. Founder and CEO, Selma Schimmel, had breast cancer at the age of 28. While vital to facilitate options cancer multimedia productions for patients of all ages with a mission to a global cancer dialogue since then has developed ®, to support the terms of its purpose remains committed to young adults with cancer. Best known for the group room ® cancer talk radio show, after 14 years in syndication, an all video platform (http://www.thegrouproom.tv) moved vital options. The PSA Diagnostics are and videos for NYACAW, as well as all of vital options video content, are without site book and educational efforts of other organizations free of charge.

"Our hope is that by viral opportunities and joint efforts that will, serve PSA and related videos of young adults with cancer as tangible and powerful tool that can be used to awareness of the very special and unique concerns also the efforts of the young adult Oncology as own clinical field of expertise help this Patientenpopulationund", to improve ", says mold."

"The young adult cancer patient is unique – from the biology of cancer in this population to the psychosocial needs of patients." We are most obliged the NCI-designated Chao family comprehensive cancer center, raising awareness of this special group of cancer patients. We are pleased, have worked with vital options in the PSA campaign for NYACAW, and I am committed to young adult patient interest groups, and participation in related awareness ongoing partnerships activities such as the International Charter of rights for young people with cancer, the cause of young adult cancer in our community to promote "Dr. Leonard says sender, Director of young adult cancer program at the University of California, Irvine."

This is the ninth annual NYACAW and is sponsored by vital options in connection with the young adult cancer movement and organization of the LIVESTRONG young adult Alliance, which supports the efforts of its members for progress in youth and young adult Oncology. The LIVESTRONG young adult Alliance is a coalition of organizations with the aim to improve the survival rates and quality of life for young adults with cancer. Vital options is an Alliance member. To support NYACAW and ongoing efforts, the LIVESTRONG young adult Alliance initiated the break cancer campaign, on people to come up, set and to break the records. The campaign is driven by user generated content, that raises awareness of cancer for young adults.

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