Cancer Sites for Teens

Band-Aides & Blackboards - Find advice on how to cope with any medical problem here, not just cancer.

Cancer Info for Teenagers and Young Adults (Macmillan Cancer Support) - Do you need help understanding your cancer diagnosis or need advice on how to cope? Then check out this site.

Childhood Cancer Guides - Click here for all sorts of useful information.

Look Good Feel Better for Teens - A program created especially for teens with cancer between the ages of 13-17. Group workshops are offered in select hospitals across the country. 

NCCN Guideline for Patients: Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer - Learn cancer basics and what it means to be an adolescent and young adult (AYA) with cancer. 

The Samfund - The Samfund provides support for young adult cancer survivors in the United States as they recover from the financial impact of cancer treatment.

Stupid Cancer - Stupid Cancer addresses young adult cancer through advocacy, research, support, outreach, awareness, mobile health and social media.

SuperSibs - This site is for brothers or sisters of kids with cancer.

TeensHealth: Cancer Center (KidsHealth for Teens) - Read about cancer basics, treatment and feelings.
Also in Spanish.

13thirty Cancer Connect - This site is for teens and young adults living with cancer.

The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults - This site was created by a young cancer survivor in order to provide a support network for other young adults.

When Your Brother or Sister Has Cancer: A Guide for Teens (National Cancer Institute) - If your brother or sister has cancer, you should read this. It will help you to understand more about cancer and may also help you with your feelings.

When Your Parent Has Cancer: A Guide for Teens (National Cancer Institute) - If your Mom or Dad has cancer, you should read this. It will help you to understand more about cancer and may also help you with your feelings.

 

Interactive Tutorials / Videos
 

Through the Eyes of Teens With Cancer - A video from SickKids Foundation.

 

September 2024