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Cancer Goes Viral for Young Adults
May 1st, 2007
Two new support websites have harnessed the power of social media and are rapidly changing the way that adolescents and young adults (AYA) affected by cancer deal with the disease, socially network and benefit from trusted content. Launched by Steps For Living in December, 2006, ImTooYoungForThis.org and its MySpace counterpart, MySpace.com/ImTooYoungForThis, are part of a progressive, hip new youth culture brand, i(2)y, that is bridging a critical communications gap for the AYA cancer community. These one-stop portals facilitate social networking and engender community wealth by connecting the dots between patient, provider and psychosocial support programs and...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-05-01)
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