title: Optimal care for the child with cancer: A summary statement from the SIOP Working Committee on Psychosocial Issues in Pediatric Oncology.
abstract: Since its foundation in 1991, the SIOP Working Committee on Psychosocial Issues in Paediatric Oncology1 has developed and published 12 sets of Guidelines for health-care professionals treating children with cancer and their families. Those elements considered essential in the process of cure and care of children with cancer are summarized in this document as a formal statement, developed at the 2007 SIOP annual meeting in Mumbai. Elaboration of the concepts with detailed strategies for practice can be found in the referenced guidelines [1-12] and in a companion publication [13]. This article is a summary of what practitioners considered critical elements in the optimal care of the child with cancer, with the goal of stimulating a broader application of these elements throughout the SIOP membership.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Spinetta
authors.forename: Momcilo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jankovic
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masera
authors.forename: Arthur R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ablin
authors.forename: Ronald D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: Myriam Weyl
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Ben Arush
authors.forename: Giulio J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: D'Angio
authors.forename: Jeanette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Dongen-Melman
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eden
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Epelman
authors.forename: Antonio Gentil
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Helen Vasiliatou
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Kosmidis
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oppenheim
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Zeltzer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team