Oncology Reviews (Dec 2011)

Breaking down barriers: improving outcomes for teenagers and young adults with germ cell tumours

  • Matthew J. Murray,
  • Lorna A. Fern,
  • Daniel P. Stark,
  • Tim O. Eden,
  • James C. Nicholson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/oncol.2009.201
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 4

Abstract

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Teenagers and young adults (TYA) with cancer have complex and evolving needs which are unique to this patient group. The TYA age-group have outcomes that are not improving over time, lagging behind both adult and children’s cancers in their rate of improvement in recent years...