Policy brief Belgian EBCP Mirror Group: children, adolescents and young adults with cancer
Health and disease monitoring
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H Antoine-Poirel [3]; Gabrielle Schittecatte [4]; Fabienne Van Aelst [5]; An Vandermeulen [6]; Alice Gerbaux [7]; Christiani Andrade Amorim [8]; An Van Damme [9]; Anne Uyttebroeck [10]; Benedicte Brichard [11]; Bram De Wilde [12]; Brecht Gunst [13]; Caroline Stals [14]; Chloë De Witte [15]; Christiane Jungels [16]; Christine Devalck [17]; Geurten, Claire [18]; Daan Dierickx [19]; Bogaert, Delfien [20]; Heenen, Delphine [21]; Elien Romaen [22]; Elisa Balducci [23]; Els Van Valckenborgh [24]; Evi Lippens [25]; Franck Dequiedt [26]; Gabriel Levy [27]; Hans Neefs [28]; Heidi Segers [29]; Ibrahim Chiairi [30]; Isabelle Demeestere [31]; Johan De Munter [32]; Joris Verlooy [33]; Julie Messiaen [34]; Jurgen Lemiere [35]; Karen Van Beek [36]; Karen Vandenabeele [37]; Katrien Maes [38]; Kleo Dubois [39]; Laura Polastro [40]; Laurens Van Camp [41]; Lien Van De Voorde [42]; Lore Lapeire [43]; Manon Le Roux [44]; Marcela Chavez [45]; Margherita Condorelli [46]; Marie Caillier [47]; Marie Vander Haegen [48]; Van Damme, Nancy [49]; Nathalie Belpame [50]; Olga Kholmanskikh [51]; Paulina Bartoszk [52]; Pauline Mazilier [53]; Pierre Mayeur [54]; Pierre Philippet [55]; Saar Vandekeere [56]; Sabine Verschueren [57]; Sandra Jacobs [58]; Sofie Moreels [59]; Stefan Gijssels [60]; Tom Boterberg [61]; Toon Van Genechten [62]; Valentina Albarani [63]Keywords
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Abstract:
Children and Adolescents and Young Adults with cancer represent a young population with specific needs, which need to be addressed in a patient- and cancer-driven way. There is an urgent need to support and extend the ongoing initiatives in Belgium. First, multidisciplinary care programmes dedicated to children need to be reviewed, and those for Adolescents and Young Adults need to be developed with close collaboration between paediatric and adult oncology and haematology teams. This needs to be done considering the entire patient journey; from cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehab…