FIGURE 3 | Cancers with 5-year relative survival rates that are lower in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) than in younger or older patients.
From the following article:
The distinctive biology of cancer in adolescents and young adults
Archie Bleyer, Ronald Barr, Brandon Hayes-Lattin, David Thomas, Chad Ellis, Barry Anderson & on behalf of the Biology and Clinical Trials Subgroups of the US National Cancer Institute Progress Review Group in Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
Nature Reviews Cancer 8, 288-298 (April 2008)
doi:10.1038/nrc2349
Data from US Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (see URL in Further information) 1993–1997. The yellow background zone indicates the 15–39-year age range. a | Cancers that have a lower survival in AYAs than in both younger or older patients. b | Cancers that have a lower survival in AYAs than in younger patients. Adapted, with permission, from Ref. 3 © American Cancer Society (2007).
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