Guidelines for the recurrence of pediatric cancer.
OBJECTIVE
To provide practice guidelines to assist patients and parents in coping with a return of disease.


METHODS
Delphi studies, review, and research articles.


CONCLUSIONS
When a child's cancer recurs, the patient and parents are at risk of physical and psychologic difficulties. Guidelines to assist patients and parents to cope have shown positive response.


CONCLUSIONS
Practice guidelines to assist patients and parents cope with a return of cancer can help health care professionals develop interventions for particular families.
Hinds
Pamela S
PS
Department of Nursing Research, St Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Birenbaum
Linda K
LK
Pedrosa
Arli Melo
AM
Pedrosa
Francisco
F
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States