Journal article
Cancer in Young Adults 20 to 39 Years of Age: Overview
Abstract
Among 20- to 39-year-olds, cancer causes more deaths than any other disease except depression that culminates in suicide. More females in the age group die of cancer than of the next three causes combined. Yet, substantially less attention has been given to young adults than to children and older adults, and the relative improvement in the survival rate in young adults has not kept pace with that achieved in younger or older patients. …
Authors
Bleyer A; Barr R
Journal
Seminars in Oncology, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 194–206
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
June 2009
DOI
10.1053/j.seminoncol.2009.03.003
ISSN
0093-7754