Abstract

Advances in cancer treatments have led to a greater survival rate of patients with pediatric hematological cancers. The goal of this integrative literature review was to identify the post therapeutic psychological and social deficits and consequences experienced by pediatric survivors of hematological cancers and synthesize their risk factors.

Author Details

Elizabeth J. Ross, BS, School of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Joseph D. Tariman, PhD, School of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Jessica Bishop-Royse, PhD, College of Liberal Arts, DePaul University, Chicago, IIllinois, USA

Sigma Membership

Zeta Sigma

Lead Author Affiliation

DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

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Keywords:

Hematologic Neoplasms, Pediatric Cancer Survivor, Psychological Deficits

Conference Name

28th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Dublin, Ireland

Conference Year

2017

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Psychological and psychosocial deficits among pediatric survivors of hematological neoplasms and their risk factors

Dublin, Ireland

Advances in cancer treatments have led to a greater survival rate of patients with pediatric hematological cancers. The goal of this integrative literature review was to identify the post therapeutic psychological and social deficits and consequences experienced by pediatric survivors of hematological cancers and synthesize their risk factors.