In the beginning of April, the SIOPE AYA Committee participated in the SIOPE AYA Cancer Week in strong efforts to further raise awareness about AYA cancer. The Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Week took place from 1-5 April 2024, aligning with SIOPE’s commitment to enhance understanding of AYA cancer. We are excited to contribute to this important campaign again next year.
The SIOPE AYA Committee will once again organise a session on the occasion of the upcoming SIOP Europe Annual Meeting. The gathering of immense data sets will be essential for discerning general rules and specific patterns in cancer cohorts going forward. Hence, the topic this year of the AYA session will be “Sharing & Integrating Big Data Sets in AYA Cancer Population”, with several high-profile speakers and a panel discussion.
The SIOPE AYA Committee has recently decided to contribute, together with other SIOPE Working groups and the SIOPE Educational Committee, to INTERACT-EUROPE 100, a European project that aims at providing an inter-speciality cancer training program in 100 cancer centres across Europe. For more information, please visit, the INTERACT-EUROPE 100 webpage.
Furthermore, the SIOPE AYA Committee is also working on a development of an “AYA certificate” based on guidance and recommendations of caring for the AYA population.
We hope to update the community about these initiatives at the upcoming SIOP Europe Annual Meeting.
For more information about the SIOPE AYA Committee, visit here.