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emilydrake.ca
🗺️ Our recent study mapped the evidence that exists regarding the delivery of palliative and end-of-life care for adolescents and young adults living with cancer

👇Check it out:

lnkd.in/gRkp6QWF

#AYACSM #AYACancer #TYACancer #BCSM #BTSM #CancerResearch #HPM #PalliativeCare
February 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
emilydrake.ca
Getting to hear @drbobphillips.bsky.social and @docguolla.bsky.social at #SIOPCongress talk about queering medicine

#AYACSM #TYACancer #MySIOP
October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
emilydrake.ca
⏰Tune in this Tuesday (15th) for the next #AYACSM ( #AYACancer societal movement) #SkyChat here on @bsky.app

👋 Everyone who works in the #AYACancer field and/or who has lived experience is welcome!

#OncSky #TYACancer @scottcapozza.bsky.social @maryamlustberg.bsky.social @darcyburbage.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
emilydrake.ca
go.bsky.app/Vfp4JWE

If you would like to be added to the #AYACSM starter pack - please let me know!!

#RadOnc #PediatricOncology #AYACancer #TYACancer #CanSky #OncSky #BTSM #BCSM #LCSM
July 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
thelancetoncol.bsky.social
News: Children and young people with cancer affected by disability benefit delays

Report by @younglivesvscancer.bsky.social

#TYACancer #UK

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www.thelancet.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
emilydrake.ca
We’re so glad to have you with us this evening! Be sure to post along using: #AYACSM

#AYACSM was co-founded and has been maintained over the past twelve years by @ekdrake.bsky.social and @ukfann00.bsky.social

#AYAware #AYACancer #TYACancer #BTSM #BCSM
April 8, 2026 at 12:01 AM
bcrt-uk.bsky.social
This April, we're proud to see Kate's story featured in the Sun, @the-independent.com and the Daily Mail 🗞️

Kate's family shared her journey to highlight the importance of an accurate, timely diagnosis.

Visit: ow.ly/WlyT50VEFVb

#TYACAM #TYACancer #Awareness #UntilTheresACure
Heartbreak as woman, 25, dies after lower back pain misdiagnosed as sciatica
A WOMAN whose back pain was misdiagnosed as sciatica died from bone cancer less than a year after a tumour was found in her pelvis. “Athletic” Kate Drummond, 25, was “fit and heal…
ow.ly
April 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
sth.nhs.uk
🏆 Our Teenage and Young Adult Cancer team have won a national Team of the Year accolade from @cclguk.bsky.social.

The honour recognises the outstanding care and support the team provide to teenagers and young adult cancer patients ✨

Read more: www.sth.nhs.uk/news/2025/05...

#TYACancer #IND2025
A group of people from the Sheffield Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Service standing on stage at the CCLG: The Children & Young People’s Cancer Association awards ceremony. They are all smiling and proudly holding their award.
May 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
emilydrake.ca
Knowledge is power! There are a lot of great civil society organizations around the 🌎 that provide great educational resources like @virtualhospice.bsky.social @teencanceramerica.bsky.social @escape-ayac.bsky.social @cclguk.bsky.social etc.

#AYACSM #OncSky #OncologySky #ChildhoodCancer #TYACancer
September 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
ukons.bsky.social
Take part in this anonymous MSc study to help shape psychological support for teenage & young adult cancer patients (13–25).

⏱️ 10–15 mins
📅 Closes 1 Aug

Survey: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

#OncologyNursing #TYACancer #PsychologicalSupport
May 28, 2026 at 11:49 PM
bcrt-uk.bsky.social
Kate was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in July 2021 after a difficult journey which included multiple consultations, scans, and a sciatica misdiagnosis 🎗️

She died in March 2022, aged 25.

Learn more: ow.ly/6xgU50VqB3r

#TYACAM #TYACancer #Awareness #UntilTheresACure
A young girl lays in a hospital bed whilst receiving treatment for primary bone cancer. She is hooked up to an IV drip and is showing the peace sign with her fingers.
April 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
cclguk.bsky.social
📣 New CCLG TYA Cancer Research Centre

We're excited to announce a new initiative to tackle underfunded cancer research for #TYACancer - funding work shaped by young people and families to transform evidence, policy and care.

More to come soon... ✨ bit.ly/4uhzgg3
New Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Research Centre set to transform evidence, policy and care for young people with cancer
A major new initiative designed to address the long-standing underfunding of research focused on teenagers and young adults with cancer, particularly in the psychosocial aspects of care, is set to lau...
bit.ly
April 29, 2026 at 11:25 AM
bcrt-uk.bsky.social
In #TYACAM, know the symptoms of primary bone cancer 🚨

Our video features real teenage and young adult (TYA) patients outlining some of the symptoms to look out for.

If you’re concerned, please contact your GP or doctor.

#TYACancer #Support #Awareness #UntilTheresACure
April 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
bcrt-uk.bsky.social
Susanna was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in 1987 at 16 years old.

This #TYACAM, she shares her story to offer hope about life after bone cancer 🧡

Visit: ow.ly/UlZI50VJx65

#TYACancer #Awareness #Support #UntilTheresACure
A photograph of Susanna with her husband, son, and daughter at a family wedding.
April 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
emilydrake.ca
We started this a month ago and have added 39 of some of my favourite people/organizations!

If you work and/or advocate in the field of #AYACancer #ChildhoodCancer please let me know! I’ll add you! Let’s max it out at 150 people from around the 🌏!

#BTSM #BCSM #AYACSM #TYACancer #Youth #LCSM
emilydrake.ca Dr. Emily Drake @emilydrake.ca · Jan 19
✅ I started an #AYACSM (Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Societal Movement) starter pack!

⭐ This is the beginnings of gathering all of us around the globe 🌍 who are involved in #AYACancer work/advocacy

💡 Please share and let me know who you would like to have added!

go.bsky.app/Vfp4JWE
#AYACSM - Adolescent and young adult cancer
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February 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
teenagecancertrust.bsky.social
To find out more about how you can support our campaigning work visit:
www.teenagecancertrust.org/andyoungpeop...

#WorldCancerDay #NationalCancerPlan #TYACancer #ClinicalTrials

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#AndYoungPeople campaign - what next? | Teenage Cancer Trust
Our #AndYoungPeople campaign was created to ensure that young people’s needs were included in the National Cancer Plan for England. Find our more about the campaign, our successes so far, and what’s n...
www.teenagecancertrust.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:04 PM
bcrt-uk.bsky.social
April is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month 🎗️

Primary bone cancer is responsible for 16% of all cancer-related deaths in teenagers and young adults (TYAs).

Please show your support for our campaign: ow.ly/u1sz50VqAph

#TYACAM #TYACancer #UntilTheresACure
A young girl with long blonde hair is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a denim jacket, white top, and black trousers. She is sat in a garden egg-shaped chair drinking coffee. Two logos appear at the bottom of the photograph. To the left is the Bone Cancer Research Trust logo, and to the right is the Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month logo.
April 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
emilydrake.ca
All are welcome to the #AYACSM (Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Societal Movement) #SkyChat starting now!

#BTSM #BCSM #AMSM #YACancer #TYACancer #LCSM
January 7, 2026 at 1:03 AM
emilydrake.ca
The #AYACSM chat is coming up this evening!

#BTSM #BCSM #OncSky #ChildhoodCancer #TYACancer
January 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
emilydrake.ca
Coming up this Tuesday!! Our first #AYACSM chat of 2026!!

ALL are welcome from our other #OncSky communities: #BTSM #BCSM #LCSM #GYNCSM #ChildhoodCancer

#TYACancer #AYACancer
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 PM