Risk of suicide among adolescents and young adults with cancer and a need for targeted interventions

Division of Health Care Research, Behavioral Science and Survivorship Research Group, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center Japan, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Stress Sciences and Psychosomatic Medicine, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Correspondence to: Maiko Fujimori. Division of Health Care Research, Behavioral Science and Survivorship Research Group, Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center Japan, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan. Email: mfujimor@ncc.go.jp. Provenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the Editorial Office, Annals of Translational Medicine. The article did not undergo external peer review. Comment on: Zhou H, Xian W, Zhang Y, et al. Suicide among cancer patients: adolescents and young adult (AYA) versus all-age patients. Ann Transl Med 2019;7:658.