Archive for October, 2009
Children with cancer experience stress/trauma during certain treatment-related procedures (e.g.,lumbar punctures, bone marrow aspirations). Negative behavioral/psychological reactions to treatments may make the child a more difficult patient and may place the child at greater risk for psychosocial disorders and possibly even maltreatment (Bugental, 2000). Adverse reactions to cancer-related treatments may thus seriously affect the long-term survivorship and quality of life of the pediatric cancer patient. The goal of this study is to determine the influence of the following variables on differences in children’s reactions to painful treatments: prior medical history, personal attributes of the child, personal attributes of the child’s primary adult caretaker, the nature of the child-caretaker relationship, and the adult’s thoughts, feelings, and actions immediately prior to and during an actual treatment session. …read the rest of this entry»
Cognitive deficits associated with cancer treatment can have a dramatic effect on patients’ quality of life and have been recognized as a problem by the President’s Cancer Panel (1999) and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship as a challenge facing people with cancer. The present application is an extension of work completed by researchers at Dartmouth with a supplement from the Office of Cancer Survivors to the Norris Cotton Cancer Center Core grant entitled “Cognitive Impact of Systemic Chemotherapy in Long-Term Survivors of Breast Cancer and Lymphoma.” Survivors who were greater than 5 years post-diagnosis and disease free were administered a battery of standardized neuropsychological and psychological tests. …read the rest of this entry»
