NCCN roundtable: talking to children about cancer

J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2014 May;12(5 Suppl):777-9. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2014.0188.

Abstract

A roundtable presentation at the NCCN 19th Annual Conference focused on the child's experience when a parent has cancer and concluded that honest communication, appropriate to the child's age and temperament, is essential, and that oncology providers should institute programs that help families deal with the illness.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communication*
  • Ethics, Clinical*
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms*
  • Professional-Family Relations* / ethics