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BACKGROUND
The late effects of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) include disordered body composition, especially obesity. Less attention has been focused on the loss of skeletal muscle mass (SMM) and the combined morbidity of sarcopenic obesity.
METHODS
A cross‐sectional study of body composition was undertaken via dual‐energy x‐ray absorptiometry in 75 long‐term survivors of ALL...
BACKGROUNDWith 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 both younger and older patients with cancer, the current analysis provides an update of survival trends of cancers among AYAs, children, and older adults.
METHODSData from the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology,...
BACKGROUNDIncidence rates and trends of cancers in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) ages 15 to 39 years were reexamined a decade after the US National Cancer Institute AYA Oncology Progress Review Group was established.
METHODSData from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program through 2011 were used to ascertain incidence trends since the year 2000 of the 40 most frequent cancers...
BACKGROUNDThe percentage of adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer (those aged 15‐39 years) diagnosed at a distant stage of disease did not significantly change between 1975 and 2004. It has been hypothesized that a lack of health insurance may be a significant risk factor for a diagnosis of distant‐stage disease among AYA patients, but to the authors' knowledge this has not been examined...
Cancer in adolescents and young adults is an important public health issue, because there are approximately 1 million new cases annually. The distribution of diseases in this age group varies geographically, contributing to differences in survival rates. Although an overall survival rate exceeding 80 % has been reported in optimal circumstances, emerging knowledge about distinctions in tumor biology...
BACKGROUND:We prospectively compared the proxy reporting of health‐related quality of life (HRQL) by parents and nurses of children with Hodgkin disease to see how well they correlated with the children's report.
METHODS:Children with all stages of Hodgkin disease, their parents, and the clinic nurse were all asked to complete 4 different HRQL measures at 4 time points: 2 weeks after the first course...
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