Treatment of Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Cancer in a Multidisciplinary Setting: On the Way to a Highly Specialized AYA Unit
| Autor: | T. Bernig, R. Huehn, S. Witkowsky, H.-J. Schmoll, Franziska Jahn, A. Hentschel, T. Kegel, Dieter Körholz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Adolescent Quality Assurance Health Care Health Promotion Medical Oncology Malignancy Health Services Accessibility Young Adult Multidisciplinary approach Germany Neoplasms Oncology Service Hospital Health care medicine Humans Cooperative Behavior Young adult Curriculum Patient Care Team Clinical Trials as Topic Health Services Needs and Demand business.industry Cancer medicine.disease humanities Survival Rate Clinical trial Patient Satisfaction Family medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Quality of Life Education Medical Continuing Interdisciplinary Communication business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Klinische Pädiatrie. 225:335-338 |
| ISSN: | 1439-3824 0300-8630 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0033-1358663 |
| Popis: | Further survival improvements of adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer are clearly affected by biological characteristics of the malignancies and age-specific needs. Multidisciplinary teams drawing expertice from both pediatric and adult cancer teams as well as clinical trials are required to meet the age specific needs of AYA patients with cancer. In 2011, the first AYA unit was established at the University Hospital Halle (Saale), where patients with newly-diagnosed cancer aged 15-25 are treated interdisciplinary by pediatric and adult oncologists. The enrollment into pediatric or adult clinical trials is controlled by age 18. Over the last 2 years, 19 AYA with cancer have been treated at the unit; and, in turn patients and their relatives reflected a high satisfaction with the offered novel health care approach. In the scope of the future Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University Hospital Halle (Saale), a complete ward is planned for all admitted AYA up to 25 years with cancer. The patients will be treated by a tumor-specialized multidisciplinary team of adult or pediatric oncologists and oncological surgeons. Therefore, we intend to establish a special teaching curriculum for physicians, nurses and psychosocial health care staff. Rather than age, cancer biology of a malignancy, surveillance data of late side effects as well as the age-specific needs of AYA patients will be crucial for best treatment options. |
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