Young adults can and do get cancer. Most people don’t even consider that an 18-year-old could be diagnosed. Or a 25-year-old. Or a 37-year-old. Help us change this stigma and spread the word that our generation deserves better. The world needs to be aware that we exist…and that we matter.
✓ Each year, 89,500 adolescents and young adults aged 15-39 are diagnosed with cancer.
✓ Cancer incidence in young adults has increased more than any other age group.
✓ Survival rates have not improved at the same rate as other age groups.
✓ Cancer is the number one disease killer in young adults.
✓ Young adults are the most underserved patient population by age.
✓ Delayed cancer diagnosis is disproportionately higher in young adults.
source: NCI SEER Data, 2015