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## Purpose of review: Adolescents and young adults (ayas) with cancer are a vulnerable population with unique needs that are under-recognized and often overlooked by healthcare providers. this review focuses on identifying and meeting some of those needs including adherence to treatment, financial implications, impact on fertility and intimacy, issues with work/school, isolation, challenges with re-entry, and long-term side effects and survivorship. ## Recent findings: Survival rates have not improved in adolescents and young adults with cancer at the same rate as in children and older adults (the so called "aya gap"). restricted or delayed access to care and inconsistent cancer treatment and follow-up care contribute to this. importantly, fertility preservation options have broadened and efforts to provide age appropriate counseling prior to treatment have improved. additionally, ayas face a variety of psychosocial issues while dealing with a cancer diagnosis during critical developmental years, and yet data pertaining to the successful identification and management of these issues is lacking. as a result, there has been recent increasing awareness that this patient population war

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Author

Zhaohui Jin; Melody A. Griffith; Allison C. Rosenthal

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)