Impaired social functioning in adolescent and young adult sarcoma survivors: Prevalence and risk factors

• Published in: Cancer Vol. 129; no. 9; pp. 1419 - 1431
• Main Authors: Drabbe, Cas, Coenraadts, Elena S., Houdt, Winan J., Sande, Michiel A. J., Bonenkamp, Johannes J., Haan, Jacco J., Nin, Johanna W. M., Verhoef, Cornelis, Graaf, Winette T. A., Husson, Olga
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; adolescents and young adults; Adults; Age; Age groups; Cancer; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diagnosis; Domains; Health services; health‐related quality of life; Humans; Medical treatment; Neoplasms - therapy; Oncology; Population studies; Prevalence; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; Sarcoma; Sarcoma - epidemiology; social functioning; Social Interaction; Social interactions; Soft Tissue Neoplasms; Survival; Survivors; survivorship; Teenagers; Young Adult; Young adults; social functioning; survivorship; health-related quality of life; sarcoma; adolescents and young adults

Background Sarcomas account for almost 11% of all cancers in adolescents and young adults (AYAs; 18–39 years). AYAs are increasingly recognized as a distinct oncological age group with its own psychosocial challenges and biological characteristics. Social functioning has been shown to be one of the...