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ArticlePediatric blood & cancer2023

"The simple life experiences that every other human gets": Desire for normalcy among adolescents and young adults with advanced cancer.

Puja J Umaretiya, Lauren Fisher, Andrea Altschuler, Lawrence H Kushi, Chun R Chao, Brenda Vega, Gilda Rodrigues, Isabel Josephs, Katharine E Brock, Susan Buchanan and 11 more

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Article in Pediatric blood & cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. What Constitutes Quality of Life? Perspectives of Adolescents and Young Adults With Advanced Cancer.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Puja J UmaretiyaDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7587-4875
Lauren FisherDivision of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Andrea AltschulerDivision of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA.
Lawrence H KushiDivision of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA.
Chun R ChaoDepartment of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California, USA.
Brenda VegaDivision of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Gilda RodriguesDivision of Population Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Isabel JosephsBrown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Katharine E BrockDivisions of Pediatric Oncology and Palliative Care, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6125-3077
Susan BuchananBeiGene, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Mallory CaspersonCactus Cancer Society, Oakland, California, USA.
Karen M FascianoDepartment of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tatjana KolevskaDivision of Medical Oncology, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA.
Joshua R LakinDepartment of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Anna LefebvreDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Corey M SchwartzDivision of Medical Oncology, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA.
Dov M ShalmanDepartment of Palliative Care, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California, USA.
Catherine B WallDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Lori WienerPsychosocial Support and Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9573-8870
Kira BonaDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5602-7059
Jennifer W MackDepartment of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5791-4178
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USKaiser Permanente · USBoston Children's Hospital · USAmerican Cancer Society · USBiogen (United States) · USBrown University · USEmory University · USNational Cancer Institute · US

Funding

End-of-life care quality for adolescents and young adults with cancer: Including the patient voice in quality assessmentU01CA218651 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI JENNIFER W MACK · 2019 to 2026
$3.9M
End-of-Life Care for Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer: An Evaluation of Care and Development of Patient-Centered Quality MeasuresR01CA218651 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI MACK, JENNIFER W · 2018 to 2018
$671k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA218651NCI NIH HHS U01 CA218651
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAdolescents and young adults (AYAs) with advanced cancer identify normalcy as an important component of quality end-of-life care. We sought to define domains of normalcy and identify ways in which clinicians facilitate or hinder normalcy during advanced cancer care. PROCEDURE: This was a secondary analysis of a qualitative study that aimed to identify priority domains for end-of-life care. Content analysis of semi-structured interviews among AYAs aged 12-39 years with advanced cancer, caregivers, and clinicians was used to evaluate transcripts. Coded excerpts were reviewed to identify themes related to normalcy.

resultsParticipants included 23 AYAs with advanced cancer, 28 caregivers, and 29 clinicians. Participants identified five domains of normalcy including relationships, activities, career/school, milestones, and appearance. AYAs and caregivers identified that clinicians facilitate normalcy through exploration of these domains with AYAs, allowing flexibility in care plans, identification of short-term and long-term goals across normalcy domains, and recognizing losses of normalcy that occur during cancer care.

conclusionsAYAs with cancer experience multiple threats to normalcy during advanced cancer care. Clinicians can attend to normalcy and improve AYA quality of life by acknowledging these losses through ongoing discussions on how best to support domains of normalcy and by reinforcing AYA identities beyond a cancer diagnosis.

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NeoplasmsQuality of LifeAdolescentCaregiversHumansLife Change EventsQualitative ResearchYoung Adultadolescents and young adultsadvanced cancerend of lifeidentitynormalcy

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