We strive to ensure that AYA with cancer have access to the best care, and to support research to improve health outcomes and quality of life #ayacsm#yacancer
AYA with cancer experience unique issues that these scales measure:
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Cancer Distress Scales for Adolescent and Young Adults. - PubMed - NCBI
https://t.co/AtBBWzNJdm
@AYACancerAlly@craemsc@elena_tsangaris @pandora_p_
Distress Screening in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: Development of Cut-Points for the Cancer Distress Scales-Adolescent and Young Adults | Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology https://t.co/pBketxTZvA
Paul Grundy: 'why do adolescents and young adults need our attention? Because they’ll experience decreased productivity during a significant portion of their career due to long term complications resulting from cancer treatment during formative years'. @CancerStratCA#2018WCC
Adolescent & young adult cancer patients face distinct medical & psychosocial challenges. Thank you @uicc for the chance to share findings from our #AYAcancer study on the global health stage! Here is the full report + materials https://t.co/ljKw5GH8wP | #CancerCongress#2018WCC
A timely development in light of emerging research on the lifelong financial burden faced by cancer survivors: https://t.co/qPX6XlPCmp
We look forward to seeing the recommendations made by the Advisory Council. https://t.co/n7hyjpGLYc
We are recruiting AYA (ages 8-29) to help in our FACE-Q Kids study! We are looking for anyone whose cancer or its treatment has affected appearance or facial function. Please DM me if interested in helping out! @DrChambers@EK_Drake@elena_tsangaris@KWongRiffMD@craemsc
.@BrainTumourOrg is looking for views from young adults aged 16-30 with a #braintumour diagnosis to help shape its new #YoungAdults Service. Take the #survey here: https://t.co/NMyed1Gt4z Please #RT