Have you ever noticed how sometimes things just work out perfectly? I love it when that happens… I am hard at work on another book for Hygeia Media, the consumer imprint of the Oncology Nursing Society, and the book focuses on young adults with cancer. Although many memoirs are available that...

Purpose/Objectives: To assess the validity of filter paper (FP) against the gold standard of passive drool (PD) for collecting salivary alpha amylase as a surrogate biomarker of psychological stress in adolescents with cancer. Design: Part of a longitudinal, descriptive study of symptoms in...

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology is caught between the pediatric and adult oncology settings and, therefore, poorly defined. Unfortunately, progress in overall survival for this age cohort has been stagnant while children and older adults have seen significant improvements. Reasons for the...

Purpose/Objectives: To describe uncertainty in three groups of adolescents and young adults with cancer at specific times in their cancer experience: newly diagnosed, diagnosed one to four years, and diagnosed five or more years. Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional, comparative. Setting: Six...