Teenagers with cancer often report feelings of isolation, bitterness, confusion, pain, and fear as they struggle through a life-threatening disease before their lives have taken full shape. Despite these very real challenges, many teens with cancer find their needs unmet. A 2009 study out of Sydney reported that most teens with cancer have an average of 15 unmet needs, which range from basic failings in provided care to unaddressed psychological distress. "CanTeen's own research shows that the needs of young people who have, or have had cancer, often go unmet...
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