Journal article
The Adolescence of Young Adult Oncology
Abstract
The clinical care of young adults with cancer, and related research, was a novel focus of oncology a decade ago, but 10 years of data on patients' needs and outcome disparities, well-reviewed in the articles of this special issue and its predecessor (June 2009), prove the merit of this subspecialty. The field, emerging from its childhood and entering adolescence, must continue to look to the future to solidify its worth. In this concluding …
Authors
Albritton K; Barr R; Bleyer A
Journal
Seminars in Oncology, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 478–488
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 2009
DOI
10.1053/j.seminoncol.2009.07.007
ISSN
0093-7754