The action will:
a) improve the communication between children, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivors, formal and informal carers, and civil society;
b) strengthen the knowledge on how to make a difference in the lives of young people with cancer and survivors;
c) increase the knowledge and support for patients with relapse and metastatic cancer;
d) increase the knowledge and support for patients on how to tackle the side-effects of treatments.
e) provide resources for survivors to learn how to become an advocate to bring key messages and knowledge on cancer survivorship to main target groups (survivors, healthcare professionals, researchers, health policy makers).
f) provide resources for survivors to pursue a healthier lifestyle, notably via sport and physical activities, healthier nutrition and mental wellbeing.
The action contributes to Europe's Beating Cancer Plan flagship initiative on paediatric cancer, which specifically mentions the EU Network of Youth Cancer Survivors as being directly linked with the activities of the "Childhood cancers and cancers in adolescents and young adults: cure more and cure better" initiative. This initiative, supported under the Horizon Europe Cancer Mission, will directly benefit from the deliverables of this action.
Objective:This action supports the implementation of the Europe's Beating Cancer Plan to support childhood cancer and implements the
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