Febrile neutropenic events in cancer patients Treatment for fever and neutropenia in young adult patients during intensive chemotherapy for solid tumours

1992 ◽  
Vol 118 (5) ◽  
pp. 395-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari�lle Nobbenhuis ◽  
Frans J. Cleton
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Solid Tumours ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Intensive Chemotherapy

A retrospective study of mortality among teenage and young adult (TYA) cancer patients in India.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e13110-e13110
Author(s):  
Prakash Chitalkar ◽  
Ankur Punia ◽  
Anushree Punia ◽  
C Deepak Yadlapalli
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Time Travel ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Disease Relapse ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
Patients With Cancer

e13110 Background: TYAs are a unique group struggling with cancer but also with personal transitions of life. Outcomes of cancer in this group are poorly reported as most reports either address pediatric or adult patients. We evaluated mortality among TYA cancer retrospectively to better understand their journey with cancer. Methods: Teenage and Young adults (15 – 29 years) , from four institutes were included in the retrospective study for the year 2017. Eight hundred and seven of 1310 patients with cancer diagnoses or caregivers were telephonically contacted, in a predefined questionnaire including questions on mortality. Results: Three hundred seventy-two (46.1%) of 807 TYA cancer patients died . Distance and time travel to hospital, demography and alternative medicine were a significant factor for increased mortality. Gender and the age epochs within the TYA group did not determine mortality. One hundred and sixty-two patients died while on treatment whereas 136 patients died while not on any treatment. Seventy-four patients died at disease relapse. Those who died of cancer survived for a median of 180 days (5 - 2340 days). One hundred and four patients (12.9%) died within 90 days of diagnosis.There were significantly more deaths ( 30.4%) in patients who abandoned treatment, than among patients who went on therapy ( 18.6%). ( p 0.0001). Conclusions: Mortality among TYAs with cancer in India is high and is determined largely by factors like demography and logistics.

Sporadic neuroendocrine neoplasms in young-adult patients: Differences in natural history, prognosis and treatment compared to adult-elderly patients

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Altieri ◽  
Roberta Modica ◽  
Filomena Bottiglieri ◽  
Cicco Federica de ◽  
Antongiulio Faggiano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Neuroendocrine Neoplasms

scholarly journals GCT-08. PROTON BEAM RADIOTHERAPY FOR PEDIATRIC AND YOUNG-ADULT PATIENTS WITH INTRACRANIAL GERM CELL TUMOR

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. iii329-iii329
Author(s):  
Minako Sugiyama ◽  
Takayuki Hashimoto ◽  
Takashi Mori ◽  
Kazuya Hara ◽  
Yukayo Terashita ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Germ Cell ◽  
Cell Count ◽  
Proton Beam ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Intracranial Germ Cell Tumor ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Proton Beam Radiotherapy

Abstract BACKGROUND To reduce treatment-related adverse events in pediatric and young-adult patients with brain tumors, proton beam radiotherapy (PBT) has recently been performed instead of conventional X-ray radiotherapy. However, whether PBT is as effective as X-ray radiotherapy has not been sufficiently investigated, especially in patients receiving whole-ventricular irradiation. METHODS We report a retrospective observation of 15 patients with intracranial germ cell tumors (GCT), who received PBT at our institution from April 2014 to September 2019. We evaluated their clinical course, short-term adverse events, and prognosis. RESULTS/ CONCLUSION Fifteen patients (9 males and 6 females; median age 13 years) who received PBT following induction chemotherapy were analyzed. Nine patients received 23.4–27.0 GyE of whole-ventricular irradiation due to GCT in the pituitary gland, pineal body, or hypothalamic area. Three patients received 23.4 GyE of whole-brain irradiation: one of them had boost irradiation for basal ganglia. Three patients received 30.6 GyE of craniospinal irradiation (CSI). Six of the 15 patients experienced nausea (grade 2, according to the CTCAE version 4.0). Four patients, including two who received CSI, showed myelosuppression: decrease in white blood cell count, lymphocyte cell count, and neutrophil count (grade 3). No other severe short-term adverse events of >grade 2 was observed in any of the patients. At a median follow-up of 21 months (2-62 months) after irradiation. all patients are alive without recurrence. Our results may be encouraging and further investigations with a larger scale is warranted.

Capturing the financial hardship of cancer in military adolescent and young adult patients: A conceptual framework

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Christabel K. Cheung ◽  
Patricia W. Nishimoto ◽  
Thuli Katerere-Virima ◽  
Laura E. Helbling ◽  
Bria N. Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Financial Hardship ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult

scholarly journals Adolescent and young adult patients as co‐researchers: A scoping review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kjersti J. Ø. Fløtten ◽  
Ana Isabel Fernandes Guerreiro ◽  
Ilaria Simonelli ◽  
Anne Lee Solevåg ◽  
Isabelle Aujoulat
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Adult Patients ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult

Health Literacy in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients and Its Association with Health Outcomes

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Richter ◽  
Anja Mehnert ◽  
Dirk Forstmeyer ◽  
Jochen Ernst ◽  
Kristina Geue
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Cancer
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