covid impact on children with cancer

In view of the epidemic situation that we have been suffering for months due to Covid-19, the Spanish Federation of Parents of Children with Cancer wanted to know the impact it has had on families and the repercussions on their children.

The combined effects of the pandemic and the initiatives adopted to control it have particularly affected children and adolescents with cancer, adding to the difficulties they face due to their illness, a confinement and social isolation that has made their daily lives more complicated.

Through a survey in which 200 families participated, information was obtained on their situation at this time of COVID-19.