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ABSTRACT: Background
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors face physical and psychological sequelae related to having cancer decades after treatment completion. It is unclear if AYA cancer survivors are at increased risk for late psychiatric disorders.Methods
We used the Alberta AYA Cancer Survivor Study that includes 5-year survivors of cancer diagnosed at age 15-39 years during 1991 to 2013. The primary outcome was incidence of psychiatric disorder (composite outcome) including anxiety, depressive, trauma- and stressor-related, psychotic, and substance use disorders that were identified using coding algorithms for administrative health databases. A validated coding algorithm identified people who experienced a suicide attempt or event of self-harm. Secondary outcomes were incidences of diagnoses by type of psychiatric disorder.Results
Among 12 116 AYA 5-year cancer survivors (n = 4634 [38%] males; n = 7482 [62%] females), 7426 (61%; n = 2406 [32%] males; n = 5020 [68%] females) were diagnosed with at least 1 of 5 psychiatric disorders occurring at least 3 years after cancer diagnosis. Survivors of all cancer types were most often diagnosed with anxiety (males: 39.0%, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 37.6% to 40.4%; females: 54.5%, 95% CI = 53.3% to 55.6%), depressive (males: 32.7%, 95% CI = 31.3% to 34.0%; females: 47.0%, 95% CI = 45.8% to 48.1%), and trauma- and stressor-related disorders (males: 13.5%, 95% CI =12.5% to 14.5%; females: 22.5%, 95% CI = 21.6% to 23.5%).Conclusions
Anxiety, depressive, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders are common among 5-year survivors of AYA cancer. Primary, secondary, or tertiary preventive strategies for AYAs diagnosed with cancer, particularly at an early age, are needed to mitigate risk of potentially severe outcomes because of psychiatric disorders.
SUBMITTER: Rosgen BK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9733973 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rosgen Brianna K BK Moss Stephana J SJ Fiest Kirsten M KM McKillop Sarah S Diaz Ruth L RL Barr Ronald D RD Patten Scott B SB Deleemans Julie J Fidler-Benaoudia Miranda M MM
JNCI cancer spectrum 20221101 6
<h4>Background</h4>Adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors face physical and psychological sequelae related to having cancer decades after treatment completion. It is unclear if AYA cancer survivors are at increased risk for late psychiatric disorders.<h4>Methods</h4>We used the Alberta AYA Cancer Survivor Study that includes 5-year survivors of cancer diagnosed at age 15-39 years during 1991 to 2013. The primary outcome was incidence of psychiatric disorder (composite outcome) includi ...[more]