Journal article
Surveillance and survival among adolescents and young adults with cancer in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
Gains in survival rates among adolescents and young adults (AYA) are reported from the USA to be lower than in both younger and older patients. Limiting factors include low accrual to clinical trials related to the type of institutional care. This study aimed to determine the incidence of cancer in the 15-29 age group in Ontario, and the 5-year survival of these cases by disease class, age at diagnosis group and highest level of institutional …
Authors
Furlong W; Rae C; Greenberg ML; Barr RD
Journal
International Journal of Cancer, Vol. 131, No. 11, pp. 2660–2667
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
12 2012
DOI
10.1002/ijc.27523
ISSN
0020-7136