Dr. Archie Bleyer will talk about his 10 years as the Chair of the Children's Cancer group in the 1990's and his subsequent advocacy for the many Adolescents and Young Adults in the age group of 18-39 that are diagnosed with cancer.

Dr. Archie Bleyer is a well known and highly respected member of the Cancer Community. On today's podcast Dr. Bleyer will talk about his 10 years as the Chair of the Children's Cancer Group in the 1990's and some of the accomplishments that he oversaw during this time period. Dr. Bleyer will then discuss his focus that began over 20 years ago on the issues that the "forgotten" age group of 18-39 Adolescents and Young Adults that are diagnosed with different forms of cancer each year have to deal with. In the United States, there are 90,000 AYA's that fall into this category.