YA Cancer Gabfest

December 8-12, 2025

A Week of Interactive Online Crash Courses for Facing Young Adult Cancer

Registration is open! Sign up to join hundreds of other young adults facing cancer and the people who care for them! Main sessions start each day at 4:30 pm PT / 6:30 pm CT / 7:30 pm ET

Joining Forces: Survivors, Sidekicks, & Supporters
Navigating young adult cancer together

Whether you’re facing down a new diagnosis, navigating life after treatment, or showing up day after day for someone you love—you don’t have to do it alone.

This year, YA Cancer Gabfest 2025 is all about Joining Forces: Survivors, Sidekicks, and Supporters. From December 8–12, we’re bringing together young adult cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and the professionals who support them—for a week of connection, conversation, and real-world survivorship wisdom.

Think of it as your cancer care team-up. You’ll find interactive sessions, crash courses, and heartfelt stories from across the YA cancer community—all designed to help you navigate the twists and turns of cancer together.

Because whether you’re the one in the chair, the one holding the clipboard, or the one holding a hand—you’re part of this story. And your voice matters.

Join us. Let’s build the kind of support we all wish existed—stronger, louder, and together.

*YA Cancer Gabfest is open to young adult cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers along with the researchers, healthcare providers, and nonprofit professionals who care for them. If you’re affected by or work in the field of young adult cancer, this event is for you!

*This is a safe space and we will not be recording any sessions*

*All session start times are local time, and adjust to your time zone*

YA Cancer Gabfest’s Gabster Magazine

Click a past cover of The Gabster Magazine below to view that year’s edition!

Any questions? Interested in partnering or sponsoring?
Contact mallory@cactuscancer.org or nick@elephantsandtea.org.

Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors and Partners!