History of Adolescent Oncology -- Epidemiology and Etiology of Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults -- Access to Care Before and During Therapy -- Older Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer, and Clinical Trials: Lack of Participation and Progress in North America -- Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia -- Acute Myelogenous Leukemia -- Hodgkin Lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma -- Central Nervous System Tumors -- Soft-Tissue Sarcomas -- Bone Sarcomas -- Malignancies of the Ovary -- Testicular Tumors -- Non-Germ-Cell Genitourinary Tract Tumors -- Thyroid Cancer -- Malignant Melanoma -- Breast Cancer -- Liver Tumors -- Colorectal Cancer -- Models of Care and Specialized Units -- Drug Compliance by Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: Challenges for the Physician -- Psychological Support -- Psychosocial Support -- Health-Related Quality of Life -- Rehabilitation and Exercise -- Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors: Late Effects of Treatment -- Ethical Issues for the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patient: Assent and End-of-Life Care -- Access to Care after Therapy -- Future Health of Survivors of Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer -- Information and Resources for Young Adults and Adolescents with Cancer -- Making Ends Meet: Financial Issues from the Perspectives of Patients and Their Healthcare Team -- Challenges and Opportunities — The Way Ahead.

Archie. Bleyer. •. Karen. H . Albritton. •. . Lynn. A G . Ries. •. Ronald. Barr contents 1. 1 introduction 1. 1 introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tis is the frst textbook of its type, a comprehensive 1. 2 epidemiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 treatise on cancer in adolescents and young adults who . 1 2 1. Classifcation. System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 1 2 2 . Incidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 are 15 to 29 years of age when diagnosed. Te impetus . 1 2 2 1. Age-Specifc. Incidence . . . . . . 3 for this book is the lack of attention that has been paid . 1 2 2 2 . Gender-Specifc. Incidence. . . . 3 to this age group, scientifcally, therapeutically, psych -o . 1 2 2 3. Ethnicity-Specifc. Incidence. . . 4 socially, and economically. During the past half-cen- . 1 2 2 4. Types. of . Cancer. . . . . . . . . . . 4 tury, children (younger than 15 years of age) with can- . 1 2 2 5. Trends. in. Incidence. . . . . . . . . 6 . 1 2 3. Mortality. and. Survival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 cer have been a singular focus of treatment and . 1 2 3 1. . Age-. and. Gender-Specifc. research. Te advances among children with cancer Mortality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 have been among the most dramatic in the history of . 1 2 3 2 . Ethnicity-Specifc. Mortality. . . . 8 medicine, and the cooperative infrastructure that has . 1 2 3 3. Trends. in. Mortality. . . . . . . . . 8 supported this success has been among the most orga- . 1 2 4. Survival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . 1 2 4 1. Conditional. Survival. . . . . . . 12 nized in the history of science. In 1971, the US National . 1 2 5. Etiology. and. Risk. Factors. . . . . . . . . . .