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Find out about cancer types, treatments and living with cancer as a teen or young adult. This information has been written specifically for you and reviewed by other young people with cancer.
Understand what cancer is and how it develops.
Find out what to expect when you are having tests and scans for cancer.
See our introduction to chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.
Cancer can affect your relationships, and some cancer and treatment can affect your fertility, but there is help available.
Our booklet has tips for young people living with cancer and insights from others who've been there too.
Join our online community group for people who are 16 - 24 and living with cancer. It's your space to talk freely to people who get what you're going through.
Throughout this section you will see this logo when we are offering you a link to related information within our general cancer information|. This information is written for people of all ages, not specifically for teens and young adults.
Some of this information has been developed from info on our old site click4tic.org.uk. You can find out why we made these changes|.
For answers, support or just a chat, call the Macmillan Support Line free (Monday to Friday, 9am-8pm)
I did my own research, too, by looking up information on the internet about my illness and different types of treatment. This can make you feel calmer and more in control about what's happening, although the downside is that it can make me feel more paranoid about anything that can go wrong. Tom, 21
I did my own research, too, by looking up information on the internet about my illness and different types of treatment. This can make you feel calmer and more in control about what's happening, although the downside is that it can make me feel more paranoid about anything that can go wrong.
Tom, 21
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