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"I wish someone had once asked me how I'm doing": Disadvantages and support needs faced by parents of long-term childhood cancer survivors.

Salome ChristenLuzius MaderJulia BaenzigerKatharina RoserChristina SchinderaEva Maria TinnerGisela Michel
Published in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2019)
Many parents need more support during and after active treatment of their child's cancer, and some experience support needs and disadvantages long into survivorship. Better promotion of existing services for parental and familial support and setting up new services, where needed, may help parents in the long term.
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