Hailing from Israel, Guy was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma at a young age. Cancer free for 9 years, he was recently elected to represent Youth Cancer Europe as part of its board. In this interview, Guy talks about the importance of an organisation such as YCE to help improve the quality of treatment and after care for young adults affected by cancer across the continent.
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I really don’t want other people to suffer from cancer
“I really don’t want other people to suffer from cancer… no one, even the worst people on Earth do not deserve to suffer from cancer” – Anna from the Republic of Moldova.
Anna was only 15 when she was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors told her parents that she wouldn’t live more than 2 weeks, but that was 10 years ago… Today, Anna’s fight continues as she faces the after effects from the disease, something that patients are too often not informed correctly or enough about. Early supportive care can prevent the late onset of harsh side effects that have a huge impact on the quality of life of survivors, even ten or more years after chemotherapy or radiation treatment. Find out more about Anna’s powerful story in this video.
Interviews at Youth Cancer Europe Open Space Summit December 2014 Bucharest, Romania
“We’ve seen through the enthusiastic faces in the room, through the outcomes that we managed to achieve in 8 hours with no structure but with everyone bringing up similar topics, sharing the similar visions that there are so many things that we can do jointly.”
Sarunas Narbutas – Lithuania
- Advisor to the President of the Republic of Lithuania
- Lecturer on EU and International Law at Vilnius University
- PhD Candidate (Networked Governance)
- President of the Lithuanian Cancer Patient Society
- Cancer survivor
“I believe meetings like this are important because it helps us get together with survivors from other countries and we can find out what issues other people face and what would be the solution on a European level.”
Floin Barnea – Romania
- Business owner and lead designer of Digital Etiquette
- Student at the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Sciences, Iasi
- Cancer survivor
“I think it’s very helpful to bring people together from across Europe to try and discuss the issues they are facing with cancer despite the differences we face in funding and medical care. And I think this really has helped and we have something we can hopefully build on.”
Mathew J. Cooke – United Kingdom
- Phd Candidate (Politics), University of Cambridge
- Member, NHS England’s Teenage and Young People Cancer Clinical Reference Group
- Member, NCRI Teenage and Young Adult Clinical Studies Group
- Cancer survivor
“Being in different groups through the meeting, I managed to talk with almost all the participants from the conference and this way we were able to see the problems that are around the whole of Europe Recommended Site. ”
Ana Amariutei – Romania
- 12th grade student at Emil Racovita National College, Iasi
- Patient support Volunteer with Little People Romania at the Sf. Maria Children’s
- Emergency Hospital, Iasi
- Cancer survivor
“I liked the fact that it was an open space summit and we had freedom to speak, freedom to what meeting we wanted. We could also raise our own issues and it was a very good way to get people together.”
Floin Barnea – Romania
- Business owner and lead designer of Digital Etiquette
- Student at the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Sciences, Iasi
- Cancer survivor
“Probably the most intriguing thing about this meeting was that it was an open summit, I never joined or participated in that king of meetings ever, so that was pretty impressive.”
Tomaz Dezelak – Slovenia
- History and Theology Student at the University of Ljubljana
- Author, The Other Me
- Cancer survivor
“All the ideas were flowing, everybody was talking, everybody was discussing their own problems and their own issues and everybody was giving an opinion so it was a very productive day.”
Emanuel Schipor – Romania
- Student at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Cluj-Napoca
- Patient Support Volunteer
- Assistant to Little People hospital psychologist, Institute of Oncology in Cluj-Napoca
- Cancer survivor
“I was very impressed by the level of knowledge and the ability to communicate it in a second language to most people. I couldn’t have done that in a foreign language, so I was very much blown away by that. But also the enthusiasm and the engagement everyone had throughout the day, despite the fact we all had very little sleep and too little coffee.”
Mathew J. Cooke – United Kingdom
- Phd Candidate (Politics), University of Cambridge
- Member, NHS England’s Teenage and Young People Cancer Clinical Reference Group
- Member, NCRI Teenage and Young Adult Clinical Studies Group
- Cancer survivor
“My first reaction was not knowing what exactly was going to happen, I was a little bit afraid of the themes that were going to come up, what everybody is going to talk about, if they were really going to answer to my questions, what I was asking myself about, and I was pretty impressed to see that many people had the same questions as I had. Same themes came up that I was interested in and I was pretty impressed, I really liked it and I think it was really worthwhile coming.”
Francisco Mateos – Spain
- Cofounder and board member of AAA – Asocoacion Espanola de Adolescentes y
- Adultos jovenes con cancer
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Bachelor in Philosophy and student of Pedagogy
- Cancer survivor
“I’m excited! For me it was a great experience, I’m grateful for being here, for being invited first of all and for being here amongst all of you, very proud for that.”
George Seremetakis – Greece
- Double major graduate in Computer Science and Football Coaching
- Vice-President of Kyttaro, Greek Organization of Adult Cancer Survivors
- Cancer survivor
“I’m excited! For me it was a great experience, I’m grateful for being here, for being invited first of all and for being here amongst all of you, very proud for that.”
Mathew J. Cooke – United Kingdom
- Phd Candidate (Politics), University of Cambridge
- Member, NHS England’s Teenage and Young People Cancer Clinical Reference Group
- Member, NCRI Teenage and Young Adult Clinical Studies Group
- Cancer survivor