Asan Medical Center Holds ‘MY HOPE’ Movement Crew Closing Ceremony to Support Young Adults in Their 20s and 30s Overcoming Cancer

Korea’s First Integrated Support Program for Young Adult Cancer Survivors Helps Participants Build Healthy Lifestyles Through Regular Activities

Crew Activities Foster Strength to Overcome Cancer Together, Achieving Goals Such as Climbing Hallasan Mountain and Completing a Marathon Race

▲ To support young cancer patients in establishing healthy lifestyles and provide opportunities to connect with peers who have shared similar experiences with cancer, Asan Medical Center held a closing ceremony on April 30 for the first six month journey of the MY HOPE movement crew.

Asan Medical Center held the closing ceremony for the first MY HOPE movement crew on April 30, a program designed to help young cancer patients establish healthy lifestyles and connect with peers who have shared similar experiences with cancer.

The MY HOPE movement crew, made up of young cancer patients as well as their family members and friends, has voluntarily engaged in regular activities at least twice a month over the past six months since its launch in November last year. Crew members actively shared their experiences with activities such as running, marathons, and hiking on social media, communicating with fellow cancer patients and helping raise awareness and improve public perceptions of young cancer patients.

▲ Commemorative medal presented at the closing ceremony for the first MY HOPE crew.

The MY HOPE movement crew, made up of young cancer patients as well as their family members and friends, has voluntarily engaged in regular activities at least twice a month over the past six months since its launch in November last year. Crew members actively shared their experiences with activities such as running, marathons, and hiking on social media, communicating with fellow cancer patients and helping raise awareness and improve public perceptions of young cancer patients.

The closing ceremony, held at Asan Medical Center, was attended by approximately 50 participants, including nine MY HOPE movement crew teams and medical staff such as Professors Hee Jeong Kim and Young Jin Lee from the Division of Breast Surgery, and Professor Ju-Hyun Kim from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Asan Medical Center. The event featured congratulatory remarks by President Si Yeol Song of AMC Cancer Institute, along with a presentation on the progress of the young adult cancer program, reflections from MY HOPE crew members, and a certificate ceremony.

MY HOPE crew members were also able to accomplish goals that would have been difficult to achieve alone through their consistent participation in regular group activities.

▲ MY HOPE movement crew members voluntarily participated in regular exercise activities over the past six months to overcome young adult cancer and establish healthy lifestyles. The photo shows members of the MY HOPE movement crew sharing exercise verification photos.

The “Georeobom Crew,” whose name means “walking toward spring again,” aimed to create meaningful moments in which members could become living proof of hope for one another, achieving not only physical recovery through hiking but emotional healing as well. Together with fellow cancer patients, the crew successfully climbed Hallasan Mountain. Meanwhile, the “Toseong Run” crew, named after the neighborhood where its members live to emphasize maintaining health through accessible daily activities, steadily built endurance through regular running sessions and completed a 3-kilometer marathon in April alongside one member’s 10-year-old son.

▲ (From left) Professor Hee Jeong Kim of the Division of Breast Surgery, Professor Ju-Hyun Kim of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Asan Medical Center, crew leader Kim Kyung Mi of “Amsirong Long Run,” and Professor Young Jin Lee of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Asan Medical Center.