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A Practical Approach to the Care of Adolescents and Young Adults with CancerAYA Survivorship

A Practical Approach to the Care of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: AYA Survivorship [Since the 1970s, the incidence of cancer in 15–24 year olds in the UK has increased by 55% with 2,405 new cases each year from 2012 to 2014. Recent data indicates that more than 80% of teenagers and young adults diagnosed with cancer will now survive for longer than 5 years [1]. Overall survival has almost doubled in the last four decades, although this ranges from almost 100% for thyroid carcinomas to 55% for acute myeloid leukaemia or bone sarcoma [2]. Consequently, the majority of adolescent and young adult cancer patients will become long-term survivors. Most will have been treated with combinations of multi-agent chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery and may develop health complications that become apparent at the end of treatment or many years later, so-called ‘Late Effects’.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Practical Approach to the Care of Adolescents and Young Adults with CancerAYA Survivorship

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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2018
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978-3-319-66172-8
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115 –131
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-66173-5_6
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[Since the 1970s, the incidence of cancer in 15–24 year olds in the UK has increased by 55% with 2,405 new cases each year from 2012 to 2014. Recent data indicates that more than 80% of teenagers and young adults diagnosed with cancer will now survive for longer than 5 years [1]. Overall survival has almost doubled in the last four decades, although this ranges from almost 100% for thyroid carcinomas to 55% for acute myeloid leukaemia or bone sarcoma [2]. Consequently, the majority of adolescent and young adult cancer patients will become long-term survivors. Most will have been treated with combinations of multi-agent chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery and may develop health complications that become apparent at the end of treatment or many years later, so-called ‘Late Effects’.]

Published: Feb 28, 2018

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