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        First Descents offers young adult cancer fighters and survivors a free outdoor adventure experience designed to empower them to climb, paddle and surf beyond their diagnosis, defy their cancer, reclaim their lives and connect with others doing the same.
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Category Archive

  • Featured / April 8, 2016

    AYA Oncology in Two Acts

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  • Featured / April 6, 2016

    MacGyvering an AYA Program in the Real World

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  • Featured / April 4, 2016

    National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week

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  • Featured / April 8, 2016

    Systems Change, AYA Program by AYA Program

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  • Featured, News / November 6, 2014

    We’re Paying Tribute to an Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Trailblazer

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You’re Too Young To Have Cancer

A Day In The Life of An AYA Nurse

AYA Oncology in Two Acts

Systems Change, AYA Program by AYA Program

Confessions of a Wallflower

MacGyvering an AYA Program in the Real World

A Mother’s Story

My Cancer Card

National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week

We’re Paying Tribute to an Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Trailblazer

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