Here are several steps for helping pediatric and adolescent patients to cope with cancer and its treatment.
Disclosure: Ms. Grissom, Ms. Scherber, and Dr. Noll reported no potential conflicts of interest.
Reference
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Getting a cancer diagnosis and going through treatment are difficult for patients of any age, but the experience can be especially traumatizing for the nearly 16,000 infants, children, and adolescents diagnosed each year with cancer,1 especially during the early days of treatment. Young cancer...