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ISRAEL JOINS RECOGNITION OF YOUNG ADULT CANCER AWARENESS WEEK
By Itzhak Rabihiya
President Rivlin met with young people from the Stop-Cancer community to mark the first awareness week for young cancer patients President Reuven Rivlin met today, Thursday 13, with young cancer patients ahead of the awareness week for young cancer patients, which will be held on 26-29 June. The meeting was attended by the Director of the Tal Foundation, Zohar Yakobson and eight representatives of the community who came to tell their story. The awareness week is an initiative of the The president spoke of the importance of awareness of young people who are dealing with cancer, saying, "every patient, everyone undergoing treatment, is an entire world, dealing the challenges of young families, of careers interrupted just as they are beginning, of a relationships that undergo crisis. Your project, Stop-Cancer, is the first to address the unique challenges faced by young cancer patients.”
The goal of this awareness week is to place youth with cancer in a separate category and to address their needs and rights. Ten young people aged 18-44 are diagnosed with cancer every day. 13% of those diagnosed in
Several prominent Israeli figures took and will take part in the events, including CEO Adi Soffer Teeni, Google
Shira Kuperman, director of the Zohar Yakobson, the founder of the community, said: "My husband and I lost a child from cancer. Tal was 25 when she was diagnosed and did a lot for society. She was a very active person, helping those who needed it. In the midst of life, she was diagnosed with a rare cancer. When you see a young girl, alive and flourishing, you do not think of cancer. We went through a ten-month journey that shook us to the core, but after she left, it was clear to us that we would not choose despair and depression. We wanted to bring light to all the dark places we saw. We established the The participants in the meeting, young people who are recovering and have recovered from cancer, shared the implications of the disease on life at such an early age. Some spoke of the difficulty of coping with the disease, of raising young children and the of need for accessible information for young women who had already had children. They also talked about professional difficulties and careers that were interrupted. Concluding his remarks, the president said, "First of all, I wish you all full health in all its aspects – physical, creative and mental. I had never been aware of the severe consequences of the disease on younger people and I thank you for the knowledge you shared with me. I have no doubt that every doctor and hospital director should know the things you shared with me today. " Attached photo credit: Mark Neiman (GPO) | |
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