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Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults

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Editors:
  1. W. Archie Bleyer

    1. St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, USA

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  2. Ronald D. Barr

    1. McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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  • First largest single collection of information on cancer in adolescents and young adults
  • Compiling medical, epidemiological, biological, psychological, and emotional issues of young adults oncology
  • Emphasis on the differences of the "same" cancer in younger and older patients
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Pediatric Oncology (PEDIATRICO)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Archie Bleyer, Karen H. Albritton, Lynn A.G. Ries, Ronald Barr
    Pages 1-26

  3. History of Adolescent Oncology

    • Cameron K. Tebbi
    Pages 27-37

  4. Epidemiology and Etiology of Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults

    • Jillian M. Birch, Archie Bleyer
    Pages 39-59

  5. Access to Care Before and During Therapy

    • Karen H. Albritton, Tim Eden
    Pages 61-69

  6. Older Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer, and Clinical Trials: Lack of Participation and Progress in North America

    • Archie Bleyer, Troy Budd, Michael Montello
    Pages 71-81

  7. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

    • James Nachman, Giuseppe Masera, W. Archie Bleyer
    Pages 83-98

  8. Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

    • Ursula Creutzig, William G Woods
    Pages 99-109

  9. Hodgkin Lymphoma

    • Tanya M. Trippett, Alexis Mottl, Odile Oberlin, Archie Bleyer, Louis S. Constine
    Pages 111-125

  10. Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

    • Catherine Patte, Archie Bleyer, Mitchell S. Cairo
    Pages 127-149

  11. Central Nervous System Tumors

    • David A. Walker, Anne Bendel, Charles Stiller, Paul Byrne, Michael Soka
    Pages 151-183

  12. Soft-Tissue Sarcomas

    • Karen H. Albritton, Andrea Ferrari, Michela Casanova
    Pages 185-201

  13. Bone Sarcomas

    • Michael S. Isakoff, Michael J. Harris, Mark C. Gebhardt, Holcombe E. Grier
    Pages 203-218

  14. Malignancies of the Ovary

    • Jubilee Brown, Thomas Olson, Susan Sencer
    Pages 219-236

  15. Testicular Tumors

    • John W. Cullen, Robert Fallon
    Pages 237-248

  16. Non-Germ-Cell Genitourinary Tract Tumors

    • Michael Leahy, W. Archie Bleyer
    Pages 249-257

  17. Thyroid Cancer

    • Steven G. Waguespack, Samuel A. Wells
    Pages 259-270

  18. Malignant Melanoma

    • Cynthia E. Herzog, Archie Bleyer, Alberto S. Pappo
    Pages 271-291

  19. Breast Cancer

    • Marianne Phillips, Banu Arun, W. Archie Bleyer
    Pages 293-310

  20. Liver Tumors

    • Marcio H. Malogolowkin, Arthur Zimmermann, Jack Plaschkes
    Pages 311-330
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Archie. Bleyer. •. Karen. H . Albritton. •. . Lynn. A G . Ries. •. Ronald. Barr contents 1. 1 introduction 1. 1 introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tis is the frst textbook of its type, a comprehensive 1. 2 epidemiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 treatise on cancer in adolescents and young adults who . 1 2 1. Classifcation. System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . 1 2 2 . Incidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 are 15 to 29 years of age when diagnosed. Te impetus . 1 2 2 1. Age-Specifc. Incidence . . . . . . 3 for this book is the lack of attention that has been paid . 1 2 2 2 . Gender-Specifc. Incidence. . . . 3 to this age group, scientifcally, therapeutically, psych -o . 1 2 2 3. Ethnicity-Specifc. Incidence. . . 4 socially, and economically. During the past half-cen- . 1 2 2 4. Types. of . Cancer. . . . . . . . . . . 4 tury, children (younger than 15 years of age) with can- . 1 2 2 5. Trends. in. Incidence. . . . . . . . . 6 . 1 2 3. Mortality. and. Survival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 cer have been a singular focus of treatment and . 1 2 3 1. . Age-. and. Gender-Specifc. research. Te advances among children with cancer Mortality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 have been among the most dramatic in the history of . 1 2 3 2 . Ethnicity-Specifc. Mortality. . . . 8 medicine, and the cooperative infrastructure that has . 1 2 3 3. Trends. in. Mortality. . . . . . . . . 8 supported this success has been among the most orga- . 1 2 4. Survival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . 1 2 4 1. Conditional. Survival. . . . . . . 12 nized in the history of science. In 1971, the US National . 1 2 5. Etiology. and. Risk. Factors. . . . . . . . . . .

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"A comprehensive review of cancer in adolescents between the ages of 15 and 20. … It is written for students, residents, or practitioners, whether they are general pediatricians, nurses, pediatric oncologists, or other pediatric subspecialists … . This outstanding book should be a part of every pediatric library. … an important and beautifully written and illustrated book and is the only one I am aware of that addresses the issue of cancer in adolescents and young adults. … a must read for pediatric specialists." (Douglas Moodie, Doody’s Review Service, April, 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, USA

    W. Archie Bleyer

  • McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    Ronald D. Barr

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults

  • Editors: W. Archie Bleyer, Ronald D. Barr

  • Series Title: Pediatric Oncology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68152-6

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07408-0Published: 30 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-68152-6Published: 23 September 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1613-5318

  • Series E-ISSN: 2191-0812

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 534

  • Topics: Oncology, Epidemiology, Pediatrics

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