Results

Participant characteristics

Sample characteristics (n = 30) are presented in Table 1. The mean age of participants at the time of interview was 32.3 (SD = 6.0) years, and the mean age at diagnosis was 28.5 years (SD = 5.3). Most participants were non-Hispanic White (73.3%, n = 22) and female (56.7%, n = 17. At the time of diagnosis, 40.0% (n = 12) of participants were attending college or graduate school and 73.3% (n = 22) had a full-time job. Participants were diagnosed with 12 types of cancer, with more than one-third were diagnosed with a form of leukemia (36.7%, n = 11). Years since diagnosis ranged from less than one year to 17 years, with a mean of 3.8 years (SD = 3.71) and a median of 2 years.

 | n or Mean | % or SD
Current age | 32.3 | 6.03
Age at diagnosis | 28.5 | 5.25
Years since diagnosis | 3.8 | 3.71
Gender
Female | 17 | 56.7
Male | 10 | 33.3
Non-Binary | 3 | 10.0
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White | 22 | 73.3
Non-Hispanic Black | 2 | 6.7
Hispanic | 4 | 13.3
Asian | 2 | 6.7
Marital status
Single/Divorced/Widowed | 17 | 56.7
Married/Cohabitating | 13 | 43.3
Education |  | 
> = College graduate | 23 | 76.7
Some College/Post HS Training | 6 | 20.0
HS Graduate | 1 | 3.3
Geographic type
Suburban | 15 | 50.0
Urban | 13 | 43.3
Rural | 2 | 6.7
Income
< $25 K | 5 | 16.7
$25 K-49,999 | 4 | 13.3
$50 K-74,999 | 7 | 23.3
$75 K-99,999 | 8 | 26.7
$100 K + | 6 | 20.0
Has children | 6 | 20.0
In college | 2 | 6.7
Working full-time | 22 | 73.3
Has health insurance | 29 | 96.7
Cancer type
Leukemia | 11 | 36.7
Brain | 4 | 13.3
Breast | 3 | 10
Lymphoma | 2 | 6.7
Testicular | 2 | 6.7
Thyroid | 2 | 6.7
Ovarian | 1 | 3
Colorectal | 1 | 3
Cervical | 1 | 3
Uterine | 1 | 3
Melanoma | 1 | 3
Sarcoma | 1 | 3