Advocate Angus Pratt explores the pros and cons of patient access to electronic health records and discusses how the emergence of artificial intelligence—with human oversight—could offer a way to navigate…
Background: A successful transition from child-centred to adult-oriented healthcare for survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer is essential to help them engage in lifelong surveillance in survivorship care. Information on…
The world is facing an epidemic of cancer in people under 50. Our health-care system is trying to catch up. The need to better understand cancer in AYAs is more…
A Nova Scotia woman with a rare form of cancer is hoping her terminal diagnosis can make change. She says if wait times for the gynecological care she needed weren’t…
Background: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer often experience high-intensity end-of-life care and low utilization of palliative care. To explore this further, we evaluated the frequency of palliative care involvement…
Adolescents and young Ontarians with cancer are more likely to receive intense end-of-life care than their older peers, even in situations where it is unlikely to help, a new study suggests — a…
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer and survivors of cancer in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood are a constituency facing disparities of care affecting quality of life and other…
The Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Program at CancerCare Manitoba (CCMB) has experienced tremendous growth since its inception. This report provides an overview of how the AYA program at CCMB…
Primary care providers may not see adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors often, but when they do, these two just-in-time tools have been developed to help providers connect their…
Shining a light on adolescents and young adults. In 2023, an estimated 9,000 people in Canada aged 15 to 39 were diagnosed with cancer.1 As survival rates continue to climb, more…
Recent publications highlight unique needs of young oncology patients and survivors. Every year 2,000 Canadians aged 15 to 29 are diagnosed with cancer.1 In response to the unique needs of…
Recognition of the distinctive challenges in providing care to adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer has grown over the past 30 years in numerous countries, stimulated in particular by…
Objectives: To develop an expert-group, consensus-based list of system performance indicators to be used for monitoring, evaluating, and benchmarking progress for cancer care and control in adolescents and young adults…
Purpose: Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer are in a unique situation due to their age and developmental stage in life and may have different symptoms and concerns than older…
In 2008, the Canadian Task Force on Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer (tf) was formed with funding from the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, together with the support of C17,…
The articles in this supplement represent presentations and discussions at the “International Workshop on Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: Towards Better Outcomes in Canada” that was held in Toronto,…
The Canadian National Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Task Force (NTF) held its second international workshop in Toronto during March 2012. The workshop’s theme, “Moving to Action,” focused on implementing…
The reduction in the cancer mortality rate in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer has lagged behind the reduction noted in children and older adults. Studies investigating reasons for…
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer and survivors of cancer in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood are a constituency facing disparities of care affecting quality of life and other…
Background: Cancer surveillance data are essential to help understand where gaps exist and progress is being made in cancer control. We sought to summarize the expected impact of cancer in Canada…
