Newsweek

'Stupid Cancer' Community Helps Angry Young People Live

“I’m pissed and you're pissed, and that’s kind of cool, because we can be pissed together.”
Matthew Zachary poses in the meeting room of Stupid Cancer's office in Tribeca, New York.
07_28_StupidCancer_01

Cancer is primarily a disease of aging, but it still affects plenty of young people. According to the National Cancer Institute, some 70,000 people aged 13 to 39 in the U.S. are diagnosed each year with the disease.

Matthew Zachary, founder and CEO of —an advocacy and support organization for Generation X and millennial cancer patients and survivors—knows all too well the unique challenges young adults face when diagnosed with the Big C.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Newsweek

Newsweek1 min readPolitical Ideologies
Polls Panic
A soldier guards electoral kits on April 10 ahead of Ecuador’s referendum. Voters go to the polls on April 21 in a bid to reform the constitution and tackle security issues as the country struggles to control organized crime. Mexico has called for Ec
Newsweek7 min read
The Secret to Being an ADHD Whisperer
Penn and Kim Holderness are widely celebrated for their entertaining viral parody videos (singing included!) on topics ranging from parenting and helping kids with homework and masking up for the pandemic (to the tune of the Hamilton soundtrack) to “
Newsweek1 min read
The Archives
“Fewer than 14 percent of AIDS victims have survived more than three years after being diagnosed, and no victim has recovered fully,” Newsweek reported during the epidemic. AIDS, caused by severe HIV, has no official cure. However, today’s treatment

Related Books & Audiobooks