A Descriptive Cohort Study of Adolescent and Young Adult Decedents Known to an Australian Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Details
- Publication Year 2022-10,Volume 11,Issue #5,Page 535-539
- Journal Title
- Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
- Publication Type
- Research article
- Abstract
- In Australia, cancer is the second leading cause of death in adolescents and young adults (AYA). In an audit of 76 AYA decedents known to a comprehensive cancer center, most were male (63%), and most had a parent as primary carer (78%). Median age at diagnosis was 21 years (range: 15-27). Median time from diagnosis to first palliative care consultation was 9 months, and from first palliative care review to death, 4 months. Location of death was hospital (41%), home (24%), and palliative care unit (16%). Eleven (65%) of 17 patients who wished to die at home achieved this.
- Keywords
- Young Adult; Adolescent; Humans; Male; Adult; Female; *Terminal Care; Cohort Studies; Australia/epidemiology; Palliative Care; *Neoplasms/therapy; Retrospective Studies; neoplasms; terminal care
- Department(s)
- Palliative Care; AYA Cancer Service; Medical Oncology
- PubMed ID
- 34874784
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2021.0167
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- Refer to copyright notice on published article.
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