Family impact of neurodevelopmental late effects in survivors of pediatric cancer: Review of research, clinical evidence, and future directions

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 349-366

  Peterson, Catherine Cant ^a   Drotar, Dennis ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Family; Neurodevelopment; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STRESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOPATHY; SOLID TUMOR;

CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33746175742     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104506064980     Document Type: Review

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