Barriers to Care and Opportunities for Improvement: Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer in Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Peru
This study identifies substantial barriers to the care of AYA patients with cancer in Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Peru. It also highlights key areas for potential intervention to improve outcomes in this population. These key findings can guide cancer control programs in Latin America as they begin to include AYAs.
Authors
- Daniel Ortíz Morales (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6306-0455)
- Renata Abrahão (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1644-0313)
- Emily E. Johnston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9126-2169)
- Paola M. Friedrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5265-3113)
- Federico Antillón‐Klussmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5424-8958)
- Karina Quintero Delgado
- Pascale Yola Gassant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5705-1242)
- Marcio H. Malogolowkin
- Crystal Romero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4398-169X)
- E. Alvarez
- Soad Fuentes-Alabi
- Melissa Gosdin
- Wendy Gómez García
- Ligia Rios
- Ligia Fu
- Samantha Wong
Institutions
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Hospital General de México (MX)
- Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (DO)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- University of Haiti (HT)
- Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia (PE)
- Hospital Nacional de Niños Bloom (SV)
- Hospital Infantil Dr. Robert Reid Cabral (DO)
- Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras (HN)
- Hospital del Niño (PA)
- St Martins Hospital (GB)
- University of California Davis Medical Center (US)
- Universidad Francisco Marroquín (GT)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/21565333261417885
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00