2nd Edition: Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 2293
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adolescent and young adult oncology; sarcoma; patient-report outcomes; health-related quality of life; epidemiology
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Interests: sarcoma; AYA (adolescents young adults); TYA (teenager young adults); survivorshop; GIST (gastrointestinal stromal tumour); bone; soft tissue; desmoid
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This collection is the second edition of the previous one "Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology":
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/special_issues/Adolescent_Young_Adult_Oncology.
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) are recognized as a distinct population within the oncology community due to the unique challenges they encounter including recognition, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of their disease. AYA presents with a unique spectrum of cancers: either with a pediatric malignancy, a tumor of AYA age, or with an adult. About 80% of AYA with cancer will achieve a long-term cure. While cancer outcomes for children and older adults have continued to improve over the last decades, the AYA group has lagged behind. Among the many issues identified for the lack of improvement was the exceedingly low participation rate in clinical trials. Many other factors contribute to the poorer outcome of AYA oncology patients, including differences in host and disease biology, and lack of insight into risk factors. delayed diagnosis, different treatment regimens, poor compliance with and poor adherence to therapy, and unique psychosocial and economic issues related to their age at cancer diagnosis.
The focus of this Special Issue is to consider the following aspects of AYA oncology: (a) Etiology, Biology and Genetics; (b) Diagnosis; (c) Clinical trials; (d) Treatment and Care; (e) Fertility; (f) Long-term and Late Effects; (g) Survivorship Care; (h) Palliative Care; (i) End-of-Life Care.
Dr. Olga Husson
Prof. Dr. Winette T.A. van der Graaf
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adolescent and young adult oncology
- genetics
- diagnosis
- clinical trials
- reatment
- fertility
- survivorship
- late effects
- palliative care
- end-of-life care
