Challenges Young Adults with Cancer Face: Coping Tips

Friday, December 6, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30 pm, Eastern Time

Registrants can listen in live over the phone or online as a webcast.

Topics Covered

• Overview of Young Adults Living with Cancer, Including Delays in Diagnosis
• Where to Seek Cancer Treatment: Selecting Your Oncology Health Care Team, Including Young Adult Cancer Programs
• The Importance of Treatment Summaries
• Follow Up with Your Oncologist & Primary Care Doctor
• Managing Post Treatment Side Effects/Late Effects
• Talking with the Health Care Team About Survivorship Questions & Concerns
• Financial Concerns, Including Health Insurance Coverage, School, College & Career
• Knowing Your Rights: ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) & Additional Legal Protections
• Choosing Who & What to Tell Others: Disclosure
• Working During Cancer Treatment: Suggestions from the Health Care Team
• Dealing with Physical Changes Due to Cancer or Its Treatment
• Coping with Concerns About Cancer Recurrence
• Guidelines to Prepare for Telehealth/Telemedicine Appointments, Including Technology, Prepared List of Questions and Discussion of OpenNotes
• Questions to Ask Our Panel of Experts

Our Panel of Experts

Julia Glade Bender, MD

Associate Director, Lisa and Scott Stuart Center for Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancers, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Sarah Monick, MD

Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Debra J. Wolf, Esq.

Senior Supervising Attorney, Legal Health, New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)

Melody Griffith, MSW, OSW-C

Outpatient Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Social Worker, Instructor in Social Work, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Section of Social Work, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Matthew Marroquín

Program and Community Coordinator, Stupid Cancer®

Hayley Feuchs, MSW

Young Adult Program Coordinator, CancerCare

Continuing Education Credits

(Live Only)

Social Workers: This program has been submitted to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4607, for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Cancer Care, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0088. This workshop is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour.

Registered Dietitians: This program has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for one Continuing Professional Education Unit (CPEU).

To request continuing education paperwork, please email your name, profession, and address to connect@cancercare.org after the program. All paperwork for continuing education credit must be requested, completed, and submitted within two weeks of the live program.

Brochure

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