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The support and information needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer when active treatment ends.

Sarah LeaAna MartinsLorna A FernMatthew BassettMaria CableGary DoigSue MorganLouise SoanesMichael WhelanRachel M Taylor
Published in: BMC cancer (2020)
The access and availability of appropriate information and sources of support at the end of treatment is variable and inequitable. Young people's needs would be more effectively met by timely, structured and accessible information, and support provision at the end of treatment to both prepare and enable adaptation across their transition to living with and beyond cancer. This will require both organisational and practical adjustments in care delivery, in addition to a renewed and updated understanding of what the 'end of treatment' transition process means.
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