I am parent / caregiver of a child diagnosed with cancer
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Practical Care for Your Child During Cancer Treatment
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Sharing Parent Responsibilities and Leaning on Your Support System
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Frequent hospital visits and the financial strain of a child's cancer diagnosis: practical ways to cope
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Going home: coping with the transition between hospital and home
Treatment
Preparing for treatment - Imunotherapy
Immunotherapy is a type of biological therapy that harnesses or modifies the body’s own immune system to prevent, control or eliminate diseases, most notably, cancer. Unlike chemotherapy or radiation which directly kill cancer cells, immunotherapy works by empowering the patient’s immune system to fight the disease, potentially offering longer-lasting targeted results.
Treatment
Preparing for treatment - Bone Marrow Transplant
Some children with leukaemia, certain other forms of cancer, diseases of the bone marrow that are not truly cancerous and some genetic diseases, require a bone marrow transplant as part of their treatment.
Treatment
Preparing for treatment - Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy describes the drugs used in the treatment of cancer. Drugs may be given orally, intravenously, subcutaneously, intramuscularly or intrathecally.
Treatment
Preparing for treatment - Radiotherapy
Each type of cancer is different and therefore treated differently. This article tackles how a parent or caregiver can prepare for radiotherapy.
practical ways parents/ caregivers can cope
How to make the right decision?
To make the right decision can be a huge stressor. The decisions that one makes for their own child may not only have an influence on the child, but on the whole family going forward.