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Psychological Outcomes, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Neurocognitive Functioning in Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Their Parents.
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Psychological Outcomes, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Neurocognitive Functioning in Survivors of Childhood Cancer and Their Parents.

  • Michel G Department of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Frohburgstrasse 3, PO Box 4466, Lucerne 6002, Switzerland. Electronic address: Gisela.michel@unilu.ch.
  • Brinkman TM Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 735, Memphis, TN 38105, USA; Department of Psychology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 740, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/tara_brinkman.
  • Wakefield CE School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Level 1 South, High Street, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/CEwakefield.
  • Grootenhuis M Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, PO Box 85090, Utrecht 3508 AB, the Netherlands. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/marthagrootenhu.
  • 2020-11-02
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  • Pediatric clinics of North America. - 2020
Anxiety
Depression
Distress
Health-related quality of life
Intervention
Neuropsychological
Parent
Posttraumatic stress
English Childhood cancer disrupts the lives of patients and their families and affects acute and long-term psychological health. This article summarizes (1) psychological challenges, including depression, anxiety, worries, and posttraumatic stress, as well as positive outcomes such as benefit finding and posttraumatic growth in young survivors and parents; (2) health-related quality of life; (3) interventions to support survivors and parents with psychological difficulties; and (4) neurocognitive problems and interventions to help alleviate them. Although many survivors and parents fare well in the long term, many survivors may benefit from interventions. Interventions should be further evaluated and integrated into routine clinical care.
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  • English
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hybrid
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https://sonar.ch/global/documents/189048
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