The Canadian Cancer Statistics Dashboard (CCSD) provides user-friendly and interactive visualizations including up-to-date, projected estimates of cancer incidence and mortality across population groups and geographic regions. The CCSD was developed…
Lymphoma Care in Canada Information. Help. Hope. Dealing with lymphoma can be overwhelming, whether you’re a patient yourself or you know someone who is. But you don’t have to…
In this video, the last in a series of 4, young survivors share, based on their personal experiences, the strategies they used to overcome the challenges of this key stage…
In this video, the third in a series of 4, young survivors explain why knowing your medical history is essential during the transition from pediatric to adult care. They share…
In this video, the second in a series of 4, young survivors share the differences they experienced during their transition from pediatric to adult care, along with their advice for…
In this video, the first in a series of 4, young survivors share in their own words what this key stage means. Between new challenges, changes, and hopes, discover why…
Youth Bereavement Support Palliative Manitoba understands that every child feels the effect of a death of a loved one in different ways, sometimes responding unexpectedly. We offer grief support services available to…
Advocate Angus Pratt explores the pros and cons of patient access to electronic health records and discusses how the emergence of artificial intelligence—with human oversight—could offer a way to navigate…
Background: A successful transition from child-centred to adult-oriented healthcare for survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer is essential to help them engage in lifelong surveillance in survivorship care. Information on…
The world is facing an epidemic of cancer in people under 50. Our health-care system is trying to catch up. The need to better understand cancer in AYAs is more…
A Nova Scotia woman with a rare form of cancer is hoping her terminal diagnosis can make change. She says if wait times for the gynecological care she needed weren’t…
Background: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer often experience high-intensity end-of-life care and low utilization of palliative care. To explore this further, we evaluated the frequency of palliative care involvement…
Adolescents and young Ontarians with cancer are more likely to receive intense end-of-life care than their older peers, even in situations where it is unlikely to help, a new study suggests — a…
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer and survivors of cancer in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood are a constituency facing disparities of care affecting quality of life and other…
The Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Program at CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB) has experienced tremendous growth since its inception. This report provides an overview of how the AYA program at CCMB…
Primary care providers may not see adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors often, but when they do, these two just-in-time tools have been developed to help providers connect their…
Shining a light on adolescents and young adults. In 2023, an estimated 9,000 people in Canada aged 15 to 39 were diagnosed with cancer.1 As survival rates continue to climb, more…
Recent publications highlight unique needs of young oncology patients and survivors. Every year 2,000 Canadians aged 15 to 29 are diagnosed with cancer.1 In response to the unique needs of…
Recognition of the distinctive challenges in providing care to adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer has grown over the past 30 years in numerous countries, stimulated in particular by…
