Reducing Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Outcome Disparities Through Optimized Care Delivery: A Blueprint from the Children’s Oncology Group

Beauchemin MP, Roth ME, Parsons SK. Reducing Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Outcome Disparities Through Optimized Care Delivery: A Blueprint from the Children’s Oncology Group. J Adolesc Young Adult Oncol. 2023 Jun;12(3):314-323. doi: 10.1089/jayao.2022.0136. Epub 2023 Jan 30. Review. PubMed PMID: 36716260; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10282820.

Achieving equitable, high-quality cancer care delivery across socioeconomically and biologically diverse populations requires multilevel interventions, including those at the patient, provider, institution, and policy levels that influence cost, quality, and access to care. For adolescent and young adults (AYAs), who experience suboptimal health outcomes compared with younger and older people with cancer, cancer care delivery is influenced by additional contextual factors unique to the patients’ developmental stage, psychosocial and economic status, and cancer subtype. In this review, we highlight the most pressing research needs in AYA cancer care delivery and opportunities to improve outcomes for this population.