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Survivorship after adolescent and young adult cancer: models of care, disparities, and opportunities.

Authors :
Berkman AM
Betts AC
Beauchemin M
Parsons SK
Freyer DR
Roth ME
Source :
Journal of the National Cancer Institute [J Natl Cancer Inst] 2024 Sep 01; Vol. 116 (9), pp. 1417-1428.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Survivors of adolescent and young adult (AYA; age 15-39 years at diagnosis) cancer are a growing population with the potential to live for many decades after treatment completion. Survivors of AYA cancer are at risk for adverse long-term outcomes including chronic conditions, secondary cancers, impaired fertility, poor psychosocial health and health behaviors, and financial toxicity. Furthermore, survivors of AYA cancer from racially minoritized and low socioeconomic status populations experience disparities in these outcomes, including lower long-term survival. Despite these known risks, most survivors of AYA cancer do not receive routine survivorship follow-up care, and research on delivering high-quality, evidence-based survivorship care to these patients is lacking. The need for survivorship care was initially advanced in 2006 by the Institute of Medicine. In 2019, the Quality of Cancer Survivorship Care Framework (QCSCF) was developed to provide an evidence-based framework to define key components of optimal survivorship care. In this commentary focused on survivors of AYA cancer, we apply the QCSCF framework to describe models of care that can be adapted for their unique needs, multilevel factors limiting equitable access to care, and opportunities to address these factors to improve short- and long-term outcomes in this vulnerable population.<br /> (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1460-2105
Volume :
116
Issue :
9
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
38833671
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djae119