Challenges for cancer care delivery to adolescents and young adults: present and future.

نویسندگان

  • Mathew R Meeneghan
  • William A Wood
چکیده

Adolescents and young adults occupy a unique place within the cancer community due to the challenges they face related to disease biology, access to care, and psychosocial and socioeconomic circumstances. Efforts to define specific needs and targets for intervention in these areas are under way and evolving. This review will discuss the current and future challenges in delivering quality care to this population.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Acta haematologica

دوره 132 3-4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014