Week 4 Assignment
Assignment: The
Impact of Pediatric Cancer
There are approximately 18,000 newly diagnosed cases of
pediatric cancer (birth to age 19) each year in the United States. There are
several types of pediatric cancer that affect children and adolescents,
including leukemia, brain tumors, lymphoma, sarcomas, liver, and kidney cancers
(St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Washington University School of
Medicine in St. Louis, 2012; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, 2008). Treatments for
childhood cancers may include chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy, and
other treatments. In many cases, depending on the type and stage, more than one
treatment may be used together. Each child or adolescent with a pediatric
cancer diagnosis is affected differently. Each family and family member is
affected differently as well.
Submit your Assignment by Day 7. For this Assignment, select
one type of pediatric cancer to evaluate. Consider how a cancer diagnosis and
treatment might affect the psychological, emotional, and behavioral functioning
of children and adolescents and their families.
The Assignment (5–7 pages)
Describe the type of pediatric cancer you selected and
explain its signs and symptoms, treatment, and prognosis.
Explain how a pediatric cancer diagnosis might impact the
psychological, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children and
adolescents and their families.
Explain how pediatric cancer treatment might impact the
psychological, emotional, and behavioral functioning of children and
adolescents and their families.
Support your responses with the Learning Resources and other
current literature.
