Medical Psychosocial Issues Childhood Cancer Survivors

Understanding the Psychological Effects of …

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/understanding-the-psychological-effects-of-childhood-cancer1/

With more children surviving, though, it has become increasingly clear that cancer and the …

Beyond Survival: Expanding Psychosocial Care for Childhood Cancer ...

https://scienceofcaring.ucsf.edu/patient-care/beyond-survival-expanding-psychosocial-care-childhood-cancer-patients-and-survivors

Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs of Cancer Survivors …

https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2022/psychosocial-cancer-survivors-patricia-ganz

The impact of cancer and its treatment is undeniably stressful. And although many people recover well, about 25% of cancer survivors have persistent problems, …

Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Childhood Cancer …

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-68265-5_7

Abstract. More than 12,000 children and adolescents younger than 20 years are diagnosed with cancer each year in the United States. 1 With the use of risk-based therapies, the …

Psychosocial Late Effects in Pediatric Cancer Survivors: …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26488337/

While many survivorship studies continue to specify risk factors for anxiety and posttraumatic stress symptoms/posttraumatic stress disorder, others outcomes …

Psychological status in childhood cancer survivors: a …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19255309/

Overall, most survivors are psychologically healthy and report satisfaction with their lives. However, certain groups of childhood cancer survivors are at high risk for …

Medical and Psychosocial Issues in Childhood Cancer …

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-31056-8_102

In 1997, there were an estimated 270,000 survivors of childhood cancer; over two-thirds of these were older than 20 years of age.2 This figure translates into 1 in 810 …

Managing Anxiety and Distress in Cancer …

https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/cancer-survivors-managing-anxiety-distress

Studies have shown that anxiety and stress are common among long-term cancer survivors. Credit: National Cancer Institute. Being diagnosed with cancer …

Emotional and Psychosocial Effects of …

https://www.cancerquest.org/patients/psychosocial-problems

Nearly all studies have shown a psychological benefit for cancer patients who attend support groups. 10 11 Most patients attending support groups feel more emotionally …

1 The Psychosocial Needs of Cancer …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK4011/

More than ten and a half million people in the United States live with a past or current diagnosis of some type of cancer (Ries et al., 2007); 1.4 million 1 Americans are projected …