[France] Supportive care needs of childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: A systematic mixed study review

[France] Supportive care needs of childhood, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors: A systematic mixed study review
Cancer Care Research Online; Valentine Baudry, Amandine Bertrand, Margaux Bottichio, Noémie Escot, Johanna Despax, Magali Girodet, Véronique Christophe; 4/25
Approximately 400,000 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer worldwide every year, although this number is thought to be underestimated, in low- and middle-income countries in particular. This literature review shows that CAYA [childhood, adolescent, and young adult] cancer survivors still have SCN [supportive care needs] long after the end of treatment, which is specific to the challenges they face at these developmental stages and may evolve over time. Survivors still report needs related to information, medical care, psychology, sexuality, fertility, and age-specific care. Social life, finance, work, and education needs were also present, but at a lower scale. Future research should clarify these links, to explore the evolution of needs over time, to distinguish specific CAYA subgroups, to examine time since diagnosis or completion of treatment, and to better specify the SCN of child survivors to present relevant results.