2nd Apr 2025
Charities come together for Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month this April
April is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month (TYACAM) – an opportunity for charities and the young people we support to come together and raise awareness of the unique set of challenges facing this age group after being told they have cancer.
Around 2,300 young people aged 15-24 – who, already juggling the unique challenges that this age brings – are diagnosed with cancer each year and have to face the huge impact of its treatment.
19 charities have come together for the third year of TYACAM to raise awareness of signs and symptoms in teenagers and young adults (TYA) and the issues they face, and most importantly, to support young people to share their experiences and ensure their voices are heard.
We’ll also be sharing how we, as individual organisations and as a collective, support young people with cancer, and, with the theme of this year’s TYACAM being ‘Innovation’, will be shining a light on some of the new and inventive work being done to improve their cancer experience from the point of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
Shaumya Kularajan, TYACAM steering group patient representative, said: “I’m really proud to be involved in TYACAM 2025 – it gets bigger and better every year!
