Session #6 – Barriers to AYA Cancer Care

Presented by Susan Parsons, MD

The session will provide an overview of the problems that have interfered with cancer care for AYAs and provide insights into recent inroads and successes related to those problems. Additionally, Dr. Parsons will review the steps taken in their survivorship program to ensure equitable and quality care for their AYA patients.

Landmark Articles

Minding the Gap: Cancer-Related Survival Disparities in Adolescent and Young Adult Survivors, Daniellee Novetsky Friedman, MD, MS & Tara O. Henderson, MD MPH – https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/114/8/1051/6576638

Abatement of the Survival Cliff in Older Adolescents and Young Adults with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in the United States, Archie Bleyer, Eric Tai, Stuart Siegel, Michael Roth, Daniel J DeAngelo, Wendy Stock – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39321033/

Reducing Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Outcome Disparities Through Optimized Care Delivery: A Blueprint from the Children’s Oncology Group, Beauchemin et al. – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36716260/