Image: Upper Austria Children’s Cancer Aid
The diagnosis is always a painful blow of fate that affects not only the life of the person affected, but also the entire family system. Despite significant advances in medical research, childhood cancer remains a life-threatening disease and places an unimaginable burden on the families affected.
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The treatment of cancer in children often results in long hospital stays and is often accompanied by life-threatening complications and significant side effects. This state of emergency becomes an extreme stress test for the entire family – normal family life is temporarily wiped out. “The psychosocial aspects associated with cancer are crucial and go far beyond medical treatment”says Monika Kern, head of the clinical social work department at Kepler University Hospital. Last year alone, 78 children and young people with a current diagnosis of cancer were treated in this hospital. “These children and their families deserve not only the best medical treatment, but also our full support in overcoming the psychosocial hurdles.”
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