“Healthcare providers, as well as young people, need to be more aware that cancer can affect all ages. Being vigilant can allow a cancer diagnosis to be made early when treatment is most effective.”
Canadian Cancer Society
AYA Cancer Reports
- Canadian cancer statistics 2009, Canadian Cancer Society, 2009
- Cancer in young people, Canadian Cancer Society, 2010
- Adolescents & Young Adults with Cancer, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer 2017
- Canadian Framework for the Care and Support of AYA with Cancer, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, 2019
- HCP Surveys
AYA Cancer Articles
- Young adult’s experiences with cancer, Comments from patients and survivors; Baukje (Bo) Miedema et al; CFP, Vol 52, November 2006
- Don’t let youth blind you to a cancer diagnosis; Lorna Larsen, Medical Post, September 9, 2008
- CAUTION consider Cancer: Common Symptoms and Signs for Early Detection of Cancer in Young Adults; Archie Bleyer; Seminars in Oncology, Vol 36, No 3, June 2009 pp 207-212
- Principles and Recommendations for the Provision of Healthcare in Canada to Adolescent and Young Adult-aged Patients and Survivors; Conrad Fernandez, MD et al for the Canadian Task Force on Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer; Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Vol 1, May 2011
- Incidence of Breast Cancer With Distant Involvement Among Women in the United States 1976 to 2009; Rebecca H. Johnson, MD et al; Journal of the American Medical Association, February 27, 2013
- Cancer’s lost generation: the teens and young adults ‘forgotten in the middle;’ Hannah Partos; The Guardian, December 2013
