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Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer
An estimated 84,100 adolescents and young adults (AYAs) between the ages of 15 to 39 will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States in 2024
Cancer in teens and young adults, 15 to 39
The cancers most common in teens and young adults aged 15 to 39, decade by decade, and the rarer ones that also affect them.
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Most common cancers in 15 to 19 year-olds
Among teens aged 15 to 19, the most common cancers are Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, thyroid cancer and brain and spinal cord tumors such as gliomas. Each comes with its screening or treatment, from ABVD, BEACOPP and CHOP chemotherapy to living with a rare brain or spine tumor.
Thyroid Cancer
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Most common cancers in 20 to 29 year-olds
The most common cancers in people in their twenties are thyroid cancer, testicular cancer, melanoma and Hodgkin lymphoma. Each comes with its screening or treatment, from testicular and skin cancer screening and melanoma risk genes to ABVD and BEACOPP chemotherapy.
Thyroid Cancer
Testicular Cancer
Melanoma
Most common cancers in 30 to 39 year-olds
The most common cancers in people in their thirties are breast cancer, thyroid cancer, melanoma and colorectal cancer. Each is followed from risk and screening to treatment, from early-onset and triple-negative breast cancer to colonic polyps, Lynch syndrome and FOLFOX chemotherapy.
Breast Cancer
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Reproductive History and Cancer Risk -
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TAC Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer -
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Breast Biopsy
Thyroid Cancer
Melanoma
Colon and Rectum Cancer
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FOLFOX Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer -
FOLFIRI-Bevacizumab Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer -
FOLFIRI-Cetuximab Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer
Other cancers in teens and young adults
Beyond the most common cancers, teens and young adults also get leukemia, bone and soft tissue sarcomas and cervical cancer. They range from acute myeloid leukemia to osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma and synovial sarcoma, and HPV vaccines can prevent most cervical cancers.
Cervical Cancer
Leukemia
Sarcomas (Bone Cancer and Soft Tissue Sarcoma)
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