Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults

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

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. . . . . . . . . . .

• breast cancer
• cancer
• clinical trial
• epidemiology
• etiology
• health
• leukemia
• liver
• liver tumor
• lymphoma
• melanoma
• prevention
• quality of life
• rehabilitation
• tumor

From the reviews:

"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)

• St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, USA

  W. Archie Bleyer

• McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

  Ronald D. Barr

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