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Emotional Issues After Cancer Treatment
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Emotional Issues After Cancer Treatment

There is support available for childhood cancer survivors and their families who have anxiety and depression after their treatment, you can find some of these resources in this Guideline.

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For cancer survivors and their families, the end of treatment can bring new feelings as they learn about the good and not-so-good results of successful treatment. It is after treatment that people begin to think and come to terms with their experience.

Most of the time, childhood cancer survivors and their families respond well to the stresses of survivorship. There are times when physical problems or other stresses related to childhood cancer and common everyday situations can cause intense emotions that need medical attention.

There is support available for childhood cancer survivors and their families who have anxiety and depression after their treatment, you can find some of these resources in these guidelines.

Continue reading · Psychosocial Care“I Don’t Take for Granted That I Am Doing Well Today”: A Mixed Methods Study on Well-Being, Impact of Cancer, and Supportive Needs in Long-Term Childhood Cancer SurvivorsNowadays, most children can be cured from cancer and become survivors. This means that more survivors experience physical, social, and emotional difficulties after being cured. Still, few survivors get care that goes beyond the medical impact of cancer. The social and emotional wellbeing of survivors is often not addressed by healthcare professionals. Knowing about the unmet needs of survivors can give healthcare professionals important information on how to help survivors and also address their social or emotional problems and/or concerns. In this study, the authors have explored in-depth the experiences of survivors living in Switzerland on their wellbeing, impact of cancer and unmet needs in care. Results show that the majority of survivors has many unmet needs and indicates the current lack of specific psychosocial care. Hopefully, these findings will encourage healthcare professionals to develop services and provide care tailored to survivors’ unmet needs.

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