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Children and Cancer
When Your Child Has Cancer
Children Diagnosed with Cancer: Dealing with Diagnosis
Children Diagnosed With Cancer: Dealing With Diagnosis
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Children Diagnosed With Cancer: Dealing With Diagnosis
When a child has cancer, it’s a crisis for the whole family.
How do parents usually react to a child’s cancer diagnosis?
Ways to improve coping
How can parents be sure their child will get the best available treatment?
What if parents want a second opinion?
How do children with cancer and their siblings react to the diagnosis of cancer?
What helps kids with cancer and their brothers and sisters?
Keeping up with schoolwork during a child’s illness
Will the child and family return to normal after a cancer diagnosis?
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