Spraker-Perlman H, Smits-Seeman RR, Li H, Kirchhoff AC. Statewide Treatment Center Referral Patterns for Adolescent and Young Adult Patients with Cancer in Utah.
J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol 2018;
7:688-691. [PMID:
30036101 DOI:
10.1089/jayao.2018.0059]
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Abstract
Cancer therapy is selected by individual oncology providers. For adolescent and young adults (AYAs), the type of provider, adult or pediatric, and medical facility type, non- or academic, influence regimens offered. We evaluated the proportions of 15-29-year-old cancer patients in Utah seen at pediatric and adult academic centers between 1994 and 2013 and examined factors that influence treatment location. Of all AYA patients, 31.6% were treated in academic centers and those with sarcomas, central nervous system tumors, and leukemias were more likely to be treated at academic centers. Further determinants of AYA healthcare access and cooperation between adult and pediatric providers are needed.
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