Darren Haywood, Research Team Leader of Mental Health at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Cancer Survivorship at the University of Technology Sydney, shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article he and his colleagues co-authored, adding:
“Transitions to AYA or adult cancer care are an important, yet often fragmented, part of the cancer journey.
In our new systematic review, Transitioning to Adolescent and Young Adult or Adult Cancer Survivorship Care, we examined contemporary clinical guidelines and trials to explore how transition care has and is being addressed in cancer services.
Key findings:
- Specific guidance on transition practices appears limited, although there are notable commonalities across existing guidelines.
- Relatively few intervention trials have been undertaken, particularly those including independent control groups
- Outcome measures are inconsistently used and reported, making comparisons across studies challenging
Looking ahead:
Future work may benefit from greater consistency in study design, outcome measurement, and reporting to better inform research, guideline development, and survivorship service planning.
This review also highlights the value of mapping existing transition approaches at the service-delivery level, including their scope, quality, and clarity around transitions of care for CAYAs affected by cancer.
Such mapping, combined with insights from this review and meaningful consumer and end-user involvement, may help inform the development of future nationally endorsed guidelines.”
Title: Transitioning to adolescent and young adult or adult cancer survivorship care: A systematic review of contemporary guidelines and trials
Authors: Darren Haywood, Jessica Hammersley, Ursula M. Sansom‑Daly, Jordana McLoone, Evan Dauer, Helen Wilding, Nicolas H. Hart, Thomas Walwyn
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