Children and young people (CYP) may display changes in their behaviour during cancer treatment due to stress, unfamiliar environments, and medications. Understanding why this happens can help families and professionals effectively support them.
The need for invasive procedures is kept to a minimum and they are performed in the least painful and stressful way.
Information about hair loss and changes in appearance when children and young people have cancer.
It is natural for children and young people of all ages to regress when they are unwell. The manifestations of this vary with age.
Sleep is essential for the physical and emotional wellbeing of every child. For children and young people (CYP) with cancer, treatment, hospital stays, and changes to routine can affect sleep quality.
With a cancer diagnosis comes the necessity of taking medications. In this section we are referring to oral medication.
In this section of the resource you will find information about the basics of palliative care for children with cancer.
Palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions is an active and total approach to care, from the point of diagnosis or recognition, embracing physical, emotional, social and spiritual elements through to death and beyond.
This section is designed to give a brief insight into the medical management of the main symptoms experienced in the child or young person (CYP) with advanced cancer and a brief insight into the main issues families face.
Children, young people and their siblings often cope better with difficult news than adults expect. They usually sense when something is wrong, even if they do not fully understand it.
