A new approach
cancer, cancer survivors face significant challenges
CANCER, STILL
AYA cancer survivors face significant challenges when transitioning into adulthood. For one, they may become marginalized as patients are medically and legally considered children until the age of 16 years. Still, the challenges facing the AYA cancer survivors are far different from both pediatric and adult cancer survivors.A growing number of research articles examine the various aspects of the experiences of young adult cancer survivors, but still this evidence suggests a strong need for an expansion of the knowledge of how AYA cancer survivors are understood and understand themselves.