Adolescents with cancer: access to clinical trials and age-appropriate care
作者:
Peter Newburger,
Dianne Elfenbein,
Laurence Boxer,
期刊:
Current Opinion in Pediatrics
(OVID Available online 2002)
卷期:
Volume 14,
issue 1
页码: 1-4
ISSN:1040-8703
年代: 2002
出版商: OVID
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Many adolescents with cancer are denied the benefits of protocol inclusion and optimal supportive care. More than 70% of older adolescent patients are not treated at institutions representing pediatric cooperative groups and are not enrolled in clinical trials, despite a demonstrated survival advantage for patients registered in protocols. Failure to refer adolescent cancer patients to specialized pediatric oncology treatment centers also has an impact on their quality of care. The challenge before both the medical and pediatric health care communities is to assure adolescent patients the benefits of inclusion in clinical trials and treatment in age-appropriate settings.
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