Parental cancer and the family: A population-based estimate of the number of US cancer survivors residing with their minor children

摘要

BackgroundCancer diagnosis and treatment of a parent has considerable impact on the lives of their minor children, family caregivers, and patients themselves. Understanding the number and characteristics of the population of cancer survivors with children under 18 years of age would help to better target services for these survivors and their children, and stimulate and inform research on these understudied families.