"Summer is you": Adolescents and young adults with cancer sing about their desire for summer.
Stefano SignoroniLaura VeneroniElena Pagani BagliaccaPaola GaggiottiMatteo SilvaMichela CasanovaStefano ChiaravalliCarlo Alfredo ClericiMaura MassiminoAndrea C FerrariPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2019)
Creative spirit and art are used as part of the Youth Project in Milan, a program dedicated to adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer. The "Summer is you" music project involved 45 patients (15-26 years old): with professional help, the patients wrote music and lyrics, sang their song, and recorded a video clip, sharing with us not only their hopes and fears, but also their romantic encounters and their urge to travel (https://youtu.be/Q5FSCMUVg0E). This project exploited the power of music to bring young people with cancer together in a novel form of support that can complement the more conventional psychological approaches.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- quality improvement
- papillary thyroid
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- squamous cell
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- young adults
- heat stress
- mental health
- physical activity
- social media
- patient reported outcomes
- squamous cell carcinoma
- healthcare
- depressive symptoms
- childhood cancer
- middle aged