Side effects that arise months or years after adolescents and young adults (AYAs) have completed cancer treatment — known as late effects — can significantly affect both careers and quality of life in this population, according to two studies presented at the 2017 European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Madrid, Spain, on Sept. 9.
The NOR-CAYAS study examined the work capacity of patients who had been diagnosed between the ages of 19 and 39. The study followed 1,198 patients after their treatment for melanoma, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma or leukemia. The median age of participants at the time of the survey was 49, and the median amount of years since treatment was 13.
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