Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of adolescent and young adult leukemia
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2018.03.001
- VernacularTitle:青少年白血病的诊断与治疗进展
- Author:
Huyong ZHENG
1
;
Jiaole YU
;
Xueling ZHENG
Author Information
1. 100045 国家儿童医学中心,首都医科大学附属北京儿童医院血液肿瘤中心,儿童血液病与肿瘤分子分型北京市重点实验室,儿科学国家重点学科,儿科重大疾病研究教育部重点实验室
- Keywords:
Leukemia;
Adolescent and young adult;
Multi-disciplinary team
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2018;33(3):161-165
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Adolescent and young adult(AYA)leukemia is a typical group among the childhood leukemia.The AYA leukemia patients have not achieved the same improvements in overall survival because of their unique biological and psychological characteristics,which are often underemphasized due to the AYA patients being treated as"big child"in children′s hospital or"little adult"in adult′s hospital.Setting up a multi-disciplinary team(MDT)inclu-ding hemato-oncologists,nurses,psychologists,endocrinologists,nutritionists and pharmacologists can improve the out-come and quality of life for AYA patients with leukemia.
