Abstract
The diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents with cancer has a tremendous and lasting effect on the patients, their families, and other individuals in their social network. It carries a host of psychological and behavioral ramifications, from questions of mortality to changes in levels of functioning in multiple domains. In this review the authors address the psychosocial and treatment-related issues that arise in children with cancer, with attention to the adjustment to cancer at different developmental stages, mood and anxiety issues, treatment-related psychiatric sequelae, and the challenges faced by childhood cancer survivors.
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MeSH terms
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Adaptation, Psychological
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Adolescent
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Affect
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents / administration & dosage
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents / adverse effects
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Anxiety Disorders / epidemiology
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Anxiety Disorders / etiology
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Depressive Disorder / chemically induced
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Depressive Disorder / epidemiology
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Fatigue / chemically induced
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Fatigue / epidemiology
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Health Services Needs and Demand
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Humans
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Immunologic Factors / adverse effects
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Interferon-alpha / adverse effects
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Mental Disorders / chemically induced
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Mental Disorders / epidemiology*
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Mental Disorders / etiology*
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Neoplasms / drug therapy
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Neoplasms / epidemiology*
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Neoplasms / psychology*
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Patient Compliance / statistics & numerical data
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Prevalence
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Psychology
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Sleep Wake Disorders / chemically induced
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Sleep Wake Disorders / epidemiology
Substances
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Anti-Inflammatory Agents
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Immunologic Factors
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Interferon-alpha