Emily R Haines, Lauren Lux, Jacob Stein, Catherine Swift, Melissa Matson, Julie Childers, Daniel Kleissler, Deborah K Mayer, Nicklaus Steiner, Lucy Steiner, Donald Rosenstein, Stuart Gold, Andrew B Smitherman
Purpose: Every year, nearly 100,000 adolescents and young adults (15-39 years, AYAs) are diagnosed with cancer in the United States and many have unmet physical, psychosocial, and practical needs during and after cancer treatment. In response to demands for improved cancer care delivery for this population, specialized AYA cancer programs have emerged across the country. However, cancer centers face multilevel barriers to developing and implementing AYA cancer programs and would benefit from more robust guidance on how to approach AYA program development...
May 4, 2023: Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology