About 89,000 adolescent and young adults (AYA) from the ages of 15-39 are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States. In this episode of the Heart and Soul of Oncology Navigation Podcast, Megan Solinger, MHS, MA, OPN-CG, Director of Patient Navigation at the Ulman Foundation and AYA Patient Navigator at the University of Maryland, and Devon Ciampa, LMSW, Clinical Social Worker at The Johns Hopkins Children's Center and AYA Patient Navigator at the Ulman Foundation, discuss coordination of care for adolescent and young adults with cancer.
Because the AYA population is so unique, nurse and patient navigators need to take a different approach to addressing barriers than with patients of other age ranges. Here are the top 3 takeaways from this episode:
