Cancer information

It is important to understand how your teenager’s cancer can affect you, your family, and your community. Discover strategies parents and caregivers can learn to cope, how to support your teenager's siblings and how to manage the financial impact of cancer.

There are many ways you can support your teenager as they learn to manage their own health care. Supporting your teen to gain more independence will help them make a smoother transition to survivorship, adulthood, and the adult health-care system.

Find information on cancer-related pain, including the different types of pain, methods of assessment and the 3P approach to pain management.