title: The Adolescent and Young Adult with Cancer: A Developmental Life Course Perspective.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Using a Life Course Health Development framework, this article summarizes what is known about the impact of cancer and its treatment on the biopsychosocial world of the adolescent and young adult.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published peer reviewed literature, web-based resources, and cancer-related professional organizations' resources.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adolescents and young adults with cancer, between 15 and 29 years of age, have emerged as a distinct group requiring specialized care. The demands of cancer and its treatment are often directly counter to the developmental needs of this age group and often alter those life course experiences that contribute to resilience, thriving, and flourishing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Providing high-quality care to this age group requires a depth of understanding of the complexity of factors that merge to influence the developmental life course.
authors.forename: Sharron L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: Mariam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kayle
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Maslow
authors.forename: Sheila Judge
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Santacroce
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000451:nursing; D011788:Quality of Life; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D060305:Transition to Adult Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Adolescent young adult; cancer; development; life course