Adolescent and young adult oncology—past, present, and future

AG Close, A Dreyzin, KD Miller… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There are nearly 70,000 new cancer diagnoses made annually in adolescents and young
adults (AYAs) in the United States. Historically, AYA patients with cancer, aged 15 to 39 …

The treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer in children: emphasis on surgical approach and radioactive iodine therapy

SA Rivkees, EL Mazzaferri, FA Verburg… - Endocrine …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Pediatric thyroid cancer is a rare disease with an excellent prognosis. Compared with adults,
epithelial-derived differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), which includes papillary and follicular …

Cancer statistics for adolescents and young adults, 2020

KD Miller, M Fidler‐Benaoudia… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer statistics for adolescents and young adults (AYAs)(aged 15‐39 years) are often
presented in aggregate, masking important heterogeneity. The authors analyzed population …

Comparison of cancer survival trends in the United States of adolescents and young adults with those in children and older adults

THM Keegan, LAG Ries, RD Barr, AM Geiger… - Cancer, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND With prior reports indicating a lack of progress in survival improvement in
older adolescents and young adults (AYAs) aged 15 to 39 years with cancer compared with …

Thyroid cancer incidence trends in the United States: association with changes in professional guideline recommendations

M Pereira, VL Williams, J Hallanger Johnson… - Thyroid, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Overdiagnosis is the leading factor contributing to the rapid increase in thyroid
cancer incidence of the last decades. During this period, however, thyroid cancer incidence …

The Primary Occurrence of BRAFV600E Is a Rare Clonal Event in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma

A Guerra, MR Sapio, V Marotta… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Context: BRAFV600E is considered a primary event, a negative prognostic marker, and a
site for pharmacological intervention in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). We asked …

Teenagers and young adults with cancer in Europe: from national programmes to a European integrated coordinated project

D Stark, S Bielack, L Brugieres… - European Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Over 14 000 patients aged 15–24 are estimated to be diagnosed with cancer in the
European Union (EU) each year. Teenagers and young adults (TYA) often fall down gaps …

Association between age and nodal metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma

N Shukla, N Osazuwa-Peters… - … –Head and Neck …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To determine the relationship between age and rate of lymph node metastasis,
nodal burden of disease, as well as rate of lateral neck disease in papillary thyroid cancer …

High early death rates, treatment resistance, and short survival of Black adolescents and young adults with AML

KT Larkin, D Nicolet, BJ Kelly, K Mrózek… - Blood …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Survival of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is inversely associated with age, but
the impact of race on outcomes of adolescent and young adult (AYA; range, 18-39 years) …

Latest estimates of survival rates of the 24 most common cancers in adolescent and young adult Americans

A Bleyer - Journal of adolescent and young adult oncology, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: A need to examine survival trends of individual cancers in older adolescents and
young adults (AYAs) is prompted by overall survival trends that have indicated a lack of …