The Center for Adolescent & Young Adult Oncology

A good friend recently lost his teenage daughter to cancer in sudden and heartbreaking fashion. The reality is that teens with cancer don’t get much support; they’re too old for a pediatric clinic, but too young for an adult clinic (alongside patients a generation or two older). They can feel isolated from their peers, who aren’t equipped to provide emotional support. Today, I made a donation to the Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Hospital, which aims to address many of these issues by establishing The Center for Adolescent & Young Adult Oncology (CAYAO).