The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the National Collaborating Centre for Cancer (NCC-C) have launched guidance which aims to standardise services for children and young people with cancer in England and Wales.
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=home
'A Love Affair with Cancer'
Written by an 18 year-old suffering from cancer. Further information (PDF 19kb)
Cancer and the Adolescent, Second Edition
Edited by T.O.B Eden, R.D. Barr, A. Bleyer and M.Whiteson
ISBN 0-7279-1810-9
Blackwell Publishing
www.bmjbooks.com
With its comprehesive treatment of the problems and guidance on best practices, this book will be welcomed by all professionals and carers who work with young people with cancer.
Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults (Pediatric Oncology)
Bleyer, Archie W. (MD Anderson Cancer Center); Barr, Ronald Duncan
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K (Mar 2007) (Hardback)
ISBN - 9783540408420
http://www.wisepress.com/cgi-bin/showgoods.cgi?gid=59121
This book presents the general differences in prevention, early detection, diagnosis and treatment. The emphasis is on how the cancer in the age group differs from the 'same' cancer in younger and older patients.
Cancer Care for Adolescents and Young Adults
Editors: Dr Daniel Kelly, Middlesex University, London and Dr Faith Gibson, Institute of Child Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
Blackwell, 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3094-3
www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9781405130943
Relationships, sex and fertility for young people affected by cancer
Produced by Cancerbackup
ISBN 1-904370-97-7
www.cancerbackup.org.uk
Young People Living with Cancer: Implications for Policy and Practice
A. Grinyer
Open University Press, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-335-22154
http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0335221548.html
Essential reading for health professionals engaged in the care of young adults with cancer, support workers in the health services, young adults with cancer, their families, academics and students.
