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Cancer survivors

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What Happens After Treatment: Improving Quality Of Life In Adolescents And Young Adults, Nichole Smith 18 Apr 2018

What Happens After Treatment: Improving Quality Of Life In Adolescents And Young Adults, Nichole Smith 18

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More children and adolescents are surviving a cancer diagnosis now than ever before, but with these encouraging survival rates come the need for improved survivorship care. As a result of treatment, AYA are suffering from physical setbacks such as issues with weight management and fertility (Nightingale, 2011), and psychosocial setbacks such as PTSS, anxiety, and depression (Butler, Rizzi, Hardwerger, 1999). These factors may contributed to the fact that adolescents and young adults (AYA) often report lower QOL than their healthy counterparts (Russell, Hudson, Long, Phipps, 2006), which highlights the need for interventions that address the unmet needs and QOL of …