Editorial (free access): A New Journal to Improve Care for Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Patients and Survivors

"This is an exciting time for the rapidly emerging field of
adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology. The AYAO
discipline arose from the growing recognition that adolescent
and young adult-aged patients and survivors are not just ‘old’
pediatric patients or ‘young’ adult patients. AYAs experience
cancer treatment and survivorship-related issues differently
from older or younger patients and often have concerns unique
to their age range. A number of research studies and
reports and the views of professional organizations and
individuals, governments and universities, patients and survivors,
families and friends, all add up to one increasingly
hard-to-ignore truth: AYA cancer patients and survivors
deserve better care....."