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Week in April focuses on young adult cancer
Healthcare Strategist Trend Watch, March 30, 2007
The first week of April is dedicated to raising awareness of cancer in adults 20 to 39 years old.
Seventy thousand adults in that age range are diagnosed with cancer every year, and the group has a higher cancer mortality rate than both children and older adults. Stuart E. Siegel, MD, director of the Children's Center for Cancer & Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, says one reason the mortality rate is so high is that young adults are less likely to participate in health trials and doctors are still trying to learn about how the young adult body reacts to cancer and treatments.
This will be the fifth year of National Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week, started by Vital Options, a nonprofit cancer communications, support, and advocacy group.
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