title: Guidelines for the recurrence of pediatric cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Research, St Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Pamela S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Hinds
authors.forename: Linda K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Birenbaum
authors.forename: Arli Melo
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pedrosa
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pedrosa
mesh_terms: 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