Bridging the Gap: Embedding Psychosocial Oncology Research into Comprehensive Cancer Care for Children and Young People
The National Cancer Institute designated models of comprehensive cancer care centres endeavour to enable the delivery of high-quality, holistic cancer care, informed by research evidence across the cancer care trajectory. These comprehensive cancer centers have typically been adult-oncology-focused, leaving an important gap and opportunity to consider what a model of comprehensive cancer care might look like for children and young people. With the advent of the opening of the first comprehensive children's cancer center in Australia and the southern hemisphere, this commentary considers the important role that psychosocial oncology needs to play in driving high-quality, person-centered comprehensive cancer care for all.
Authors
- Holly E. Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0496-7329)
- Rachel Houweling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9982-8531)
- Claire Elizabeth Wakefield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7704-7067)
- Sarah J. Ellis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3074-5831)
- Suzanne M. Nevin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1679-0142)
- Kate Hetherington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5457-5462)
- Clarissa E. Schilstra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-6037)
- Eden G. Robertson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9395-7896)
- Richard J. Cohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2400-1353)
- Lauren Ha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6494-5861)
- Jordana K. McLoone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2604-9975)
- Michelle Haber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2036-8817)
- Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4200-8900)
- Joanna E. Fardell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7334-3475)
- Christina Signorelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7091-0347)
- Brittany C. McGill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2134-2988)
- Richard Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4446-9156)
Institutions
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- Prince of Wales Hospital (AU)
- Children's Cancer Institute Australia (AU)
- Sydney Children's Hospital (AU)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancers
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers17132123
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49