EPISODE · Jul 5, 2016 · 24 MIN
AYA Cancer Chat: Life Interrupted - Episode 12
from AYA Cancer Chat: Life Interrupted · host The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The adolescent and young adult years are defined by new independence. A cancer diagnosis often strips it away in some form, for some time. In this episode, our AYA panelists talk about what it was like to lose some freedom while their friends gained more and more, how they navigate the balance of needing help and needing to be on their own, and what it’s like to experience cancer at different stages of adolescence and young adulthood.
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The adolescent and young adult years are defined by new independence. A cancer diagnosis often strips it away in some form, for some time. In this episode, our AYA panelists talk about what it was like to lose some freedom while their friends gained more and more, how they navigate the balance of needing help and needing to be on their own, and what it’s like to experience cancer at different stages of adolescence and young adulthood.
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