Meet Mass General Cancer Center patient Elyssa and learn about our Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Program from Annah Abrams, MD and Giselle Perez-Lougee, PhD.

Learn more about the Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program here: https://www.massgeneral.org/ca....ncer-center/patient-

http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/aya

Cincinnati Children’s is known for treating kids.

But there’s another group that comes here for cancer treatment. They’re known as the AYAs, short for Adolescent and Young Adults.

They choose to come here instead of adult cancer centers because we offer what many adult centers don’t. We couple comprehensive treatment with clinical trials, cutting-edge fertility preservation services and support for the entire family.

Here, patients have access to the most advanced treatments.

Our staff of pediatric experts is used to extending a little hand-holding – even to teens and adults.

Our cancer specialists have helped change the outcome for thousands of patients. We want to help you kick cancer, too.

We know the best medicine comes in many forms. Maybe it’s laughter in the teen lounge or music at your bedside.

Sometimes, you may just need someone to listen.

At Cincinnati Children’s, we can turn a frightening diagnosis into a game plan for beating it. Learn more at http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/aya

Stanford Palliative Care and Waiting Room Revolution have a conversation highlighting the specific challenges people between the ages of 14 and 39 face during their cancer journey. Practical skills and resources in helping people meet both goals of living longer AND living better are discussed. Drs. Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow, co-hosts of the Waiting Room Revolution podcast, talk with Dr. Josh Fronk, Stanford palliative care physician, and Max Li, an AYA cancer patient.


Learn more:

Stanford Palliative Care: https://med.stanford.edu/palliative-care.html
Waiting Room Revolution: https://www.waitingroomrevolution.com/

Dr. Paul Grundy discusses the April 2017 release Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) with Cancer: A System Performance Report, produced by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Dr. Grundy is Chair of the AYA National Network and Expert Lead of Pediatric, AYA Oncology at the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.

Learn more: https://www.partnershipagainst....cancer.ca/topics/ado

Cancer in adolescents and young adults is a relatively rare occurrence compared to older adults, so “they are at greater risk for delayed diagnosis, poor care coordination, limited access to clinical trials and inadequate psychosocial support,” says pediatric
oncologist Jacqueline Casillas, MD, MSHS, director of the Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program at UCLA.

“Many medical oncologists outside the academic medical-care setting rarely see patients in this population in their daily practices, and so may not be familiar with the nuances associated with caring for patients in this age group,” Dr. Casillas explains. “Consequently, adolescents and young adults may not receive the multidisciplinary care needed to optimize their survival and quality of life.”

The Daltrey/Townshend program aims to fill that gap by addressing the medical, psychosocial and supportive-care needs of adolescents and young adults, from diagnosis through survivorship. The program facilitates access to the most appropriate pediatric or adult clinical trials and research, providing appropriate psychosocial support and services for patients and their families and delivering patient-centered clinical care in a specialized, age-appropriate cancer unit — the first of its kind in the U.S.

Learn more about the Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program at UCLA at http://uclahealth.org/DaltreyTYACancer

When adolescents and young adults have cancer, management and treatment can be particularly challenging, advises Peter F. Coccia, MD, from UNMC Eppley Cancer center at The Nebraska Medical Center in this video from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), a not-for-profit alliance of 21 of the world's leading cancer centers dedicated to improving the quality and effectiveness of care for cancer patients. For more information on cancer, including the NCCN Guidelines for Patients, visit www.NCCN.com.

The Huntsman-Intermountain Adolescent and Young Adult (HIAYA) Cancer Care Program serves adolescents and young adults (AYAs) between 15 and 39 years old who have been diagnosed with cancer.

Learn more about HIAYA or request a navigator's support: https://www.huntsmancancer.org/hiaya

#AYAawareness #AYACancerAwarenessWeek

Cancer researchers, advocates, and a cancer survivor introduce the topic of adolescent and young adult cancers, covering distinct aspects of cancer in these patients and research questions to answer.

For more information: http://www.cancer.gov/aya