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A Practical Approach to the Care of Adolescents and Young Adults with CancerPalliative Care in Adolescents and Young Adults

A Practical Approach to the Care of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: Palliative Care in... [Despite cancer continuing to be the third leading [1] cause of death in adolescents and young adult (AYA); palliative care is often only been considered towards end of life [2]. The majority of AYAs with progressing or relapsing disease continue to die in hospital receiving cancer-directed therapies [3]. With access to more clinical trials and further lines of therapies, the AYA may live longer, burdened with increasingly complex symptoms, as a result of their cancer or its treatment. This, and the recent evidence [4] of early palliative care input having a life prolonging effect even in the face of less cancer-directed therapy and active intervention at end of life, supports its early introduction, from either diagnosis 57 or first relapse.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Practical Approach to the Care of Adolescents and Young Adults with CancerPalliative Care in Adolescents and Young Adults

Editors: Chisholm, Julia; Hough, Rachel; Soanes, Louise
Anderson, Anna-Karenia
A Practical Approach to the Care of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer — Feb 28, 2018
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-66172-8
Pages
179 –209
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-66173-5_9
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Abstract

[Despite cancer continuing to be the third leading [1] cause of death in adolescents and young adult (AYA); palliative care is often only been considered towards end of life [2]. The majority of AYAs with progressing or relapsing disease continue to die in hospital receiving cancer-directed therapies [3]. With access to more clinical trials and further lines of therapies, the AYA may live longer, burdened with increasingly complex symptoms, as a result of their cancer or its treatment. This, and the recent evidence [4] of early palliative care input having a life prolonging effect even in the face of less cancer-directed therapy and active intervention at end of life, supports its early introduction, from either diagnosis 57 or first relapse.]

Published: Feb 28, 2018

Keywords: Adolescents And Young Adults (AYA); Cancer-directed Therapy; Advance Care Plan (ACP); Life Care; Travel Lodge

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