Nearly 80% of “AYA generation” cancer women are getting medical care and support system on October 20 at 6:52
The National Center for Child Health and Development analyzed the cancer of people called AYA generations in their late teens to their 30s. Unlike other generations, nearly 80% of people diagnosed with cancer Knowing that she is a woman, specialists need to have a system of medical care and support for this generation.
The younger generation from their late teens to their 30s is called the “AYA generation” and because of the small number of patients, there is a sufficient system of medical care and support according to this generation, such as many students and children raising children. It is pointed out that it is not arranged.
The National Center for Child Health and Development and the National Cancer Center analyzed AYA generation cancer patients who visited more than 800 medical institutions nationwide for the past two years.
As a result, there were 57,788 people diagnosed with cancer in this generation, and women accounted for approximately 78% (44,946), while men accounted for approximately 12,842, or 22%, with a majority of men. It was different from the trend in the upper generations.
There was no difference in the ratio of men and women in their late teens, but there were many women in their 20s and 30s, and 2,666 people, or 35% of the total, had early cervical cancer and breast cancer.
Koichi Matsumoto, director of the National Center for Child Health and Development, said, “There are many women who have cancer and many people are busy with employment, marriage, child-raising, etc. It is necessary to establish a system. "