Fatigue
Fatigue is a common and often debilitating side-effect of cancer treatment or sometimes of the cancer itself. The teenage and young adult age group are affected by this more so than younger children.
Behaviour problems
Changes in behaviour when a child or young person has cancer.
Coping with invasive procedures
The need for invasive procedures is kept to a minimum and they are performed in the least painful and stressful way.
Hair loss and body image
Information about hair loss and changes in appearance when children and young people have cancer.
Regression and enforced dependence
It is natural for children and young people of all ages to regress when they are unwell. The manifestations of this vary with age.
Sleeping problems
Sleep patterns in children and young people (CYP) with cancer may be and most often are disrupted.
Taking tablets and medicines
With a cancer diagnosis comes the necessity of taking medications.