Who We Are

STRONG-AYA is a novel, interdisciplinary, multi-stakeholder European network to improve healthcare services, research and outcomes for adolescents and young adults with cancer.

These AYAs form a unique group and face age-specific issues:

  • Infertility;
  • Unemployment;
  • Financial problems;
  • Decreased quality of life due to cancer and its treatment.
  • Unlike dedicated healthcare and trials for pediatric cancer patients, AYA-specific healthcare services are scarce and vary across Europe.

AYAs are at the core of society and the economy, and they need access to age-adjusted and high-quality healthcare. AYA care and research will benefit from collection and pooling of patient-centred data and collaboration among all stakeholders: