{"entity":{"id":"youth-cancer-europe","kind":"institution","name":"Youth Cancer Europe","aka":["YCE","Youth Cancer Europe Foundation"],"tldr":"A patient-led network of young people affected by cancer in more than 40 countries, registered in Romania, which campaigns for their voice in European cancer policy.","summary":"Youth Cancer Europe was created by Shajjad and Katie Rizvi, founders of the Little People cancer charity in Romania, with Šarūnas Narbutas, a cancer survivor and president of the Lithuanian Cancer Society, according to its about page. The foundation was legally founded by Asociația Little People Romania and has its seat in Cluj-Napoca. It describes itself as a patient-led movement connecting young people affected by cancer across more than 40 countries, and leads YARN, an EU-funded project with a Youth Cancer Council of 100 young people with lived experience of cancer.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"About Youth Cancer Europe","url":"https://youthcancereurope.org/about-yce/"},{"label":"Youth Cancer Europe","url":"https://youthcancereurope.org/"}],"tags":[],"related":["childhood-cancer-international","cml-advocates-network"],"cancers":["aya-cancers"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Cluj-Napoca","country":"RO","lat":46.771,"lng":23.624,"institutionType":"consortium","website":"https://youthcancereurope.org","programs":["YARN project and the Youth Cancer Council","Youth-led advocacy on European cancer policy"]},"route":"/institutions/youth-cancer-europe/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"childhood-cancer-international","kind":"institution","name":"Childhood Cancer International","route":"/institutions/childhood-cancer-international/"},{"id":"cml-advocates-network","kind":"institution","name":"CML Advocates Network","route":"/institutions/cml-advocates-network/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"aya-cancers","kind":"cancer","name":"Adolescent and young adult cancers (ages 15 to 39)","route":"/cancers/aya-cancers/"}]}}