BMJ  2006;332 (29 April), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7548.0-a

Don't forget the children of newly diagnosed cancer patients

Children are aware of the life threatening nature of cancer and need more information about the different treatments and causes of cancer when cancer is diagnosed in a parent. In a qualitative study, Forrest and colleagues (p 998) interviewed 37 mothers with early breast cancer and 31 of their children aged between 6 and 18 years. They found that many children needed more preparation for seeing their mother after surgery and some would have liked to talk to their mother's clinicians.

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Breast cancer in the family—children's perceptions of their mother's cancer and its initial treatment: qualitative study

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