Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of adolescent and young adult leukemia / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

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.