Psychological referral and consultation for adolescents and young adults with cancer treated at pediatric oncology unit

Purpose Managing older adolescents and young adults with cancer is a challenge, both medically and psychosocially: it is important to assess these patients' psychological issues and the type of services they need when deciding who should treat these patients, and where. Methods This study describes the pattern of psychological referral and consultation for older adolescents and young adults with cancer being treated at a pediatric oncology unit, as compared with the case of younger patients. Results Between 1999 and 2006, 318 patients