Planet Cancer a book for young adults...

The frequently bizarre and always informative experiences and thoughts of your fellow natives...

Each year, nearly 70,000 young adults between 18 and 40 are diagnosed in the United States with cancer.

Cancer in young adults is isolating. It’s terrifying. It’s not-supposed-to-happen. Through this book, we hope to bring the strength and energy of an entire community of passionate, amazing, spirited, generous young adults to support a newly diagnosed reader or, at the very least, to reassure them that they’re neither alone nor crazy.

Planet Cancer is an honest, down-to-earth guide to living in this new world, from Diagnosis to Post-Treatment. Each chapter is informed by Planet Cancer’s voice—authoritative, funny, friendly, no-nonsense. Experts address issues from all sides around bedrock “What It’s Really Like” essays: deeply personal, unflinching, and often hilarious pieces written by people who actually experienced on Planet Cancer things like banking sperm, adopting a child, or undergoing brain radiation. The book, enlivened with quotes and real-life stories from Planet Cancer members, gives the uninitiated a sense of community and removes some of the mystery and fear of the unknown.

Planet Cancer is now a LIVESTRONG initiative.