Children with Cancer: A Guide for Parents
This guide is divided into five sections:
Diagnosis
- Types of Childhood Cancers
- Diagnosing and Staging Cancer
- Talking with Your Child
Treatment
- Hospitals That Specialize in Treating Children with Cancer
- Clinical Trials
- Cancer Treatments and Side Effects
- Common Health Problems (infection, nutrition, stress and pain)
Support
- Finding Ways to Cope and Stay Strong
- Helping Your Child to Cope
- Helping Brother and Sisters
- Getting Organized
Life After
- Survivorship and Follow-up Care
- If Treatments Aren’t Working
- Looking Forward
Resources
- Practices That Help Children: Integrative Medicine Approaches
- Medical Tests and Procedures
Each section also has quotes from parents, related resources, and questions to help you get more in-depth and personalized information. This guide is designed to be used as a tool in consultation with your child’s health care team.