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Questions to ask your child's doctor about cancer

Your child is having treatment for cancer. These treatments may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, or other treatments. Your child may get more than one type of treatment. Your child's health care provider may need to follow your child closely during treatment. You will also need to learn how to care for your child during this time.

Below are some questions you may want to ask your child's provider to help you plan ahead and know what to expect during treatment.

I Would Like to Learn About:

Questions

Who will be treating my child:

Your child's cancer and how it is treated:

What happens during treatment(s)?

My child's life during treatment:

My child's life after treatment:

Other

References

American Cancer Society website. Questions to ask about childhood leukemia. www.cancer.org/cancer/types/leukemia-in-children/detection-diagnosis-staging/talking-with-doctor.html. Updated February 12, 2019. Accessed August 25, 2023.

American Cancer Society website. Questions to ask the health care team about neuroblastoma. www.cancer.org/cancer/types/neuroblastoma/detection-diagnosis-staging/talking-with-doctor.html. Updated April 28, 2021. Accessed August 25, 2023.

Cancer.Net website. Childhood cancer: Questions to ask the healthcare team. www.cancer.net/cancer-types/childhood-cancer/questions-ask-health-care-team. Updated December 2020. Accessed May 19, 2022.

National Cancer Institute website. Adolescents and young adults with cancer. www.cancer.gov/types/aya. Updated September 24, 2020. Accessed May 19, 2022.

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