Yes We Cancer
Overview
There have been incredible advancements in fighting pediatric cancer, but families are continuing to deal with much more than just a terrifying diagnosis. They're also taking on financial, social, emotional and job-related challenges -- that almost nobody is equipped to help them solve. How can we revolutionize the way families navigate pediatric cancer? That’s where our work begins.
The Challenge: A Diagnosis for the Whole Family
Medicine has made incredible strides in curing pediatric cancer. Now it’s time to help the families.
What if a pediatric cancer diagnosis could actually make a family stronger, healthier, happier, and more successful? It’s a wild thought, we know, but it’s what we’re trying to do.
Medical science and treatments for pediatric cancer have been making great strides – survival rates are up and climbing. But the healthcare system is focused exclusively on the patients.
Doctors, nurses, hospitals, and social workers are doing great work, but they and everybody else need new ways to help the whole family.
From the gut-wrenching moment they learn their child has cancer, parents and other caregivers are dropped into a world of financial and emotional agony and real-world problems: marital challenges, job loss, financial hardship, school absences, and struggling siblings.
Of course, the children with cancer come first. But these children need more than great medical care — they need their families to recover, survive, and thrive.
Our Approach: The Next Frontier of Family Care
We’re imagining, designing, and developing innovations in family care that build on medical breakthroughs.
Yes We Cancer is on a bold new effort to revolutionize how families manage – and thrive – during and after pediatric cancer. We are bringing together the best thinking on sociology, health, social work, and family resilience, and engaging designers from across the country to develop new ways to fill these gaps and help thousands of families in need.
We're starting with a thorough understanding of the family's cancer journey. This will tackle issues already known to healthcare (like insurance) and dive into untouched territories (like how cancer disrupts family traditions).
Join Us
Let’s build a better experience for pediatric cancer families, rewriting their story, ensuring they have the strength and support they need to conquer the toughest challenges. Together, we can change their lives.
Visit yeswecancer.com to follow us along this journey.