Closing the gap: proposing a socio-ecological framework to make cancer clinical trials more accessible, equitable, and acceptable to adolescents and young adults

Zeba Ahmad; Vinayak Venkataraman; Michaela Markwart; Annah N Abrams; Jennifer S Temel; Giselle K Perez

doi:10.1093/oncolo/oyae257

Closing the gap: proposing a socio-ecological framework to make cancer clinical trials more accessible, equitable, and acceptable to adolescents and young adults

Oncologist. 2024 Nov 4;29(11):918-921. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyae257.

Authors

Zeba Ahmad^{1

2

3}, Vinayak Venkataraman^{2

4}, Michaela Markwart¹, Annah N Abrams^{2

3

5

6}, Jennifer S Temel^{2

7}, Giselle K Perez^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Health Promotion and Resiliency Intervention Research Center (HPRIR), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
² Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States.
³ Center for Psychiatric Oncology and Behavioral Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
⁴ Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, United States.
⁵ Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mass General for Children, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
⁶ Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Mass General for Children, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
⁷ Division of Hematology/Oncology, Mass General Cancer Center, Boston, MA 02114, United States.

Abstract

This commentary focuses on what would make cancer clinical trials more accessible, equitable, and acceptable to adolescents and young adults.

Keywords: AYA; adolescent and young adults; clinical trials; psychosocial research; rare cancers.