Challenges Young Adults with Cancer Face: Coping Tips

Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 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: Dealing with Physical Changes Due to Cancer or Its Treatment
• Managing Post Treatment Side Effects/Late Effects: Coping with Concerns About Cancer Recurrence
• Talking with the Health Care Team About Survivorship Questions & Concerns, Working During Cancer Treatment with Suggestions from the Health Care Team
• Financial Concerns, Including Health Insurance Coverage, School, College & Career
• Knowing Your Rights: ADA (Americans with Disability Act), FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) & Additional Legal Protections
• Choosing Who & What to Tell Others: Disclosure
• 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

Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, Member, Sarcoma Service/Rare Tumors Program, Co Medical Director, Lisa and Scott Stuart Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancers, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Sarah Monick, MD

Hematology/Oncology Fellow, Mayo Clinic Arizona

Sheila Zablow, JD

Senior Staff Attorney, LegalHealth, New York Legal Assistance Group

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).

Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®): This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour. Cancer Care, Inc is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc.

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.