Young adult fiction (YA) is a category of fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. While the genre is primarily targeted at adolescents, approximately half of YA readers are adults.
Nature Reviews Cancer is a monthly review journal covering the field of oncology. It was established in 2001. The editor-in-chief is Anna Dart.
A cancer survivor is a person with cancer of any type who is still living. Whether a person becomes a survivor at the time of diagnosis or after completing treatment, whether people who are actively dying are considered survivors, and whether healthy friends and family members of the cancer patient are also considered survivors, varies from group to group. Some people who have been diagnosed with cancer reject the term survivor or disagree with some definitions of it.
The Children's Oncology Group (COG), a clinical trials group supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), is the world's largest organization devoted exclusively to pediatric cancer research. The COG conducts a spectrum of clinical research and translational research trials for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer.
Hopelab is a social innovation lab focused on designing science-based technologies to improve the health and well-being of teens and young adults. They are a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation based in San Francisco, California. The foundation was established in 2001 by Pam Omidyar and is part of the Omidyar Group of philanthropic enterprises.
Adolescent medicine also known as adolescent and young adult medicine is a medical subspecialty that focuses on care of patients who are in the adolescent period of development. This period begins at puberty and lasts until growth has stopped, at which time adulthood begins. Typically, patients in this age range will be in the last years of middle school up until college graduation. In developed nations, the psychosocial period of adolescence is extended both by an earlier start, as the onset of puberty begins earlier, and a later end, as patients require more years of education or training before they reach economic independence from their parents.
PLOS One is a peer-reviewed open access mega journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS) since 2006. The journal covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine. The Public Library of Science began in 2000 with an online petition initiative by Nobel Prize winner Harold Varmus, formerly director of the National Institutes of Health and at that time director of Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center; Patrick O. Brown, a biochemist at Stanford University; and Michael Eisen, a computational biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Adolescent health, or youth health, is the range of approaches to preventing, detecting or treating young people's health and well-being.
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of tumors. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (ónkos), meaning "tumor", "volume" or "mass". Oncology is concerned with:
Childhood cancer is cancer in a child. About 80% of childhood cancer cases can be successfully treated thanks to modern medical treatments and optimal patient care. However, only about 10% of children diagnosed with cancer reside in high-income countries where the necessary treatments and care is available. Childhood cancer represents only about 1% of all types of cancers diagnosed in children and adults. For this reason, childhood cancer is often ignored in control planning, contributing to the burden of missed opportunities for its diagnoses and management in countries that are low- and mid-income.
Annals of Surgical Oncology is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Springer International Publishing on behalf of the Society of Surgical Oncology. It is an official journal of the Society of Surgical Oncology, and the American Society of Breast Surgeons. The editor-in-chief is Kelly M. McMasters.
Future Oncology is a peer-reviewed medical journal established in 2005 and published by Future Medicine. It covers all aspects of oncology. The editors-in-chief are Ron Allison and Jackson Orem.
The Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering gynecology as it relates to the fields of pediatrics and adolescent medicine. It was established in 1988 as Adolescent and Pediatric Gynecology, obtaining its current name in 1996. It is published six times per year by Elsevier, which has published the journal since 1988; it is also the official journal of the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. The editor-in-chief is Paula J. Adams Hillard. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 2.298.
The Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering clinical oncology. It was established in 1971 and is published by Oxford University Press. The editor-in-chief is Tadao Kakizoe. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 1.905.
Clinical Oncology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering oncology. It was established in 1989 and is published ten times a year by Elsevier. It is the official journal of the Royal College of Radiologists. The editor-in-chief is Ananya Choudhury. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 3.212.
Current Oncology is a bi-monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering oncology. It was established in 1994 and was originally published quarterly by Multimed Inc., a company founded in 1980 by Lorne Cooper. Its founders intended it to be a forum in which Canadian oncologists could publish their work. The journal is now published bimonthly by MDPI. All issues published since December 2005 are available fully open access on the journal's website. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.677.
Cancer in adolescents and young adults is cancer which occurs in those between the ages of 15 and 39. This occurs in about 70,000 people a year in the United States—accounting for about 5 percent of cancers. This is about six times the number of cancers diagnosed in children ages 0–14. Globally, nearly 1 million young adults between the ages of 20 and 39 were diagnosed with cancer in 2012, and more than 350,000 people in this age range died from cancer.
The usage of electronic cigarettes has risen rapidly since their introduction to the market in 2002. The global number of adult e-cigarettes users rose from about 7 million in 2011 to between 68 million and 82 million in 2021. Awareness and use of e-cigarettes greatly increased over the few years leading up to 2014, particularly among young people and women in some parts of the world. Since their introduction vaping has increased in the majority of high-income countries. E-cigarette use in the US and Europe is higher than in other countries, except for China which has the greatest number of e-cigarette users. Growth in the UK as of January 2018 had reportedly slowed since 2013. The growing frequency of e-cigarette use may be due to heavy promotion in youth-driven media channels, their low cost, and the belief that e-cigarettes are safer than traditional cigarettes, according to a 2016 review. E-cigarette use may also be increasing due to the consensus among several scientific organizations that e-cigarettes are safer compared to combustible tobacco products. E-cigarette use also appears to be increasing at the same time as a rapid decrease in cigarette use in many countries, suggesting that e-cigarettes may be displacing traditional cigarettes.
Boris Zernikow is a German paediatrician who works in the field of pain therapy and palliative medicine. He holds the chair for child pain therapy and pediatric palliative medicine at the Witten/Herdecke University as well as chief physician at the Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln.
